Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the coping styles of patients with epilepsy
are associated with certain demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables.
Methods: A survey of 200 patients using several tests including the Brief-COPE was conducted.
Results: Nine subscales of the Brief-COPE achieved acceptable internal consistency and were employed in
study analysis. Using principal component analysis, six subscales correlated well with one another, representing
engagement-type coping strategies. The other three also correlated well, representing disengagement-type
strategies. As a group, our patients favored engagement-type strategies. On univariate analysis, increased
age, being African-American, receiving disability benefits, and work status were associated with the use of
engagement-type strategies,while onmultiple linear regression, only age and racewere independently associated.
Low BMQ-S scores, low income level, and not driving were associated with the use of disengagement-type strategies
both on univariate and multivariate analyses.
Conclusion: Among patients with epilepsy, certain demographic and psychosocial variables are associated with
particular coping styles.
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the coping styles of patients with epilepsyare associated with certain demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables.Methods: A survey of 200 patients using several tests including the Brief-COPE was conducted.Results: Nine subscales of the Brief-COPE achieved acceptable internal consistency and were employed instudy analysis. Using principal component analysis, six subscales correlated well with one another, representingengagement-type coping strategies. The other three also correlated well, representing disengagement-typestrategies. As a group, our patients favored engagement-type strategies. On univariate analysis, increasedage, being African-American, receiving disability benefits, and work status were associated with the use ofengagement-type strategies,while onmultiple linear regression, only age and racewere independently associated.Low BMQ-S scores, low income level, and not driving were associated with the use of disengagement-type strategiesboth on univariate and multivariate analyses.Conclusion: Among patients with epilepsy, certain demographic and psychosocial variables are associated withparticular coping styles.
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