Abstract

Outpatient surgery is a rapidly growing phenomena in the health care field; however, little is known about the stressful aspects of the experience of how patients cope with this type of surgery. The purposes of this descriptive, correlational study were: to identify what aspects of the outpatient surgical experience are appraised as stressful and how patients cope with these stressful experiences, and to examine the influence of preferences for information and self care on stress and coping. The study was based on the theory of stress and coping as proposed by Lazarus. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 69 subjects undergoing their first outpatient surgical experience. Data were collected by means of an interview, the Krantz Health Opinion Survey, the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory, and the Revised Ways of Coping Check List. Data were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Quantitative measures included descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlations, and analyses of variance.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8913763; ProQuest document ID: 303665699. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Linda Marie Caldwell, DNSc

Sigma Membership

Theta at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Outpatient Surgery, Patient Coping, Patient Stress

Advisor

Carole A. Shea

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Boston University

Degree Year

1989

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Date of Issue

2019-11-20

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