[Sense of coherence, style of coping and adaptation after hysterectomy].
OBJECTIVE
This article is devoted to analysis of factors favourable for adaptation after hysterectomy procedure. The consequence of expressing the hysterectomy as a stress situation is laying a great emphasis on analysis of coping with yourself and the factors affecting this process. We suggest the model where the sense of coherence affect indirectly thought the styles of coping on the level of health.


METHODS
Overall we examine 71 woman, 35 of them 10 days after the operation and 36 having this procedure 24-36 months earlier. The applied methods were: SOC-29, CISS, BDI, STAI and the Kuppermann Index.


RESULTS
We obtain results that confirm significant impact of the sense of coherence and the style of coping to women's health.


CONCLUSIONS
The results challenge proposed model as the only explanation. The sense of coherence influence the health not only thought the styles of coping. Discrepancies that were obtained thought the researches suggest the necessity of examining other possible relationships between those variables.
Jawor
Mirosława
M
Kliniki Psychiatrii Dorosłych CM UJ w Krakowie.
Szproch
Aleksandra
A
Dimter
Agata
A
Kuleta
Małgorzata
M
Dudek
Dominika
D
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008016:Life Change Events; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors