Caregivers from the two groups had comparable
scores on the WCC-HA on various coping strategies
both at the baseline as well as on follow up (Table 2).
On the subscale of ‘problem focused strategies’, the
caregivers achieved about two-third of the maximum
possible score (subjects scoring 3 or 4 on most of the
items), whereas the mean score on the ‘seek social
support strategies’ was about 40% of the maximum
score (subjects scoring 1–3 on various items), and was
further less at just one third (subjects scoring 1–2 on
most of the items) in the ‘avoidance strategies’ subgroup.
Thus, the caregivers were using the problem
focused and seek social support types of coping
strategies more often than the avoidance strategies.
No significant differences were observed in the use of
different coping strategies across various sociodemographic
groups. Scores on various coping strategies
did not show any significant change on follow up
assessments in both the groups.