COPING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS ADOPTED BY FAMILIES OF ADDICTED PATIENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PATIENT BASED FAMILY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME

Author Name: 1Ms. RamandeepKaur ,2Dr. Bharat Pareek, 3Ms. SumanVashist

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2020-83243898/

Affiliation:

¹Assistant Professor, Bee Kay Nursing College, Roopnagar, Punjab, India

²Vice Principal, Saraswati Nursing College, Dhianpura, Kurali, Roopnagar, Punjab, India

³Associate Professor & HOD Psychiatric Nursing, Rajiv Gandhi college of Nursing, Jammu, J&K, India

ABSTRACT

Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts, both behavioral and psychological, that people employ to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize stressful events. The substance use becomes the major family secret, often denied inside the family as well as to outsiders. The conceptual framework of the study was developed based on the Stuart stress adaption model. To accomplish the objectives of the study a interview schedule was prepared to explore various coping strategies and skills adopted by families of addicted patients. The most common coping strategies (86%) used by subjects were planning (recovery, best handle) about illness management actions. Second highest coping strategies / skills (84.50%) adopted by subjects was instrumental social support (advice, talk to others). The third coping strategy (83%) reported by subjects was venting of emotion (crying, feeling). (82.83%) using the competing activities. Religious coping strategies (pray, culture treatment) used by (78.33%) caregivers, whereas (77.75%) subjects make use of emotional support as coping strategy (friends, discuss with others). (76.83%) subjects reported of using active coping strategies (direct action, efforts) to manage their patients. (70%) subjects had accepted and accommodated (reality, learn) with their relative illness as a part of coping whereas (65.83%) care giver reported of using positive reinterpretation and growth as a strategy (different light, more positive) to deal with their clients. (64.16%) subjects use mind diversion (mental disengagement) as a strategy to handle situation. (60%) subjects use behavior disengagement (trying, solving problems). (49.25%) subjects use self-restraint as their strategy (take initiatives).(45%) subjects use substance abuse (alcohol, drugs).Whereas (42.6%) participant reported of not accepting reality (denial) as a part of strategies. There were only (33.5%) subjects reported of using humor (laugh, fun) as a part of their coping strategies. Further association between coping strategies / skills and demographic variables of patients were determined using one way ANOVA. A significant relationship (P<0.05) were found between the patients age, occupation and duration of the getting treatment in de-addiction centre with coping strategies / skills adopted by care givers. A significant relationship was found between the patient’s age, occupation and duration of the getting treatment in de- addiction centre with coping strategies / skills adopted by care givers.

Key words: Coping strategies/ skills, families