title: [Helpful and stressful factors in coping with COPD in patients and their partners - a qualitative study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate helpful and stressful factors in coping with COPD of patients and their partners.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine COPD patients and their partners (9 couples) were interviewed. All interviews were audio taped and later transcribed and analysed using qualitative content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients as well as partners reported high satisfaction with the professional support. The most helpful factor for COPD patients was the social support by the partner. In terms of stressful factors patients and partners reported psychological problems and physical complaints. Partners additionally reported about relationship conflicts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Partners of COPD patients are very important for patients to cope with the disease. Partners themselves are suffering from psychological stress and should therefore be included regularly in care programs.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Marielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Hanspeter
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mörgeli
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich und Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Witzemann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Drabe
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jenewein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: BPCO; Belastung; CODP; COPD; Coping; Partnerstudie; coping; couples; distress; qualitative Studie; qualitative study; qualité de vie; étude de conjoints