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Coping and resilience levels of bariatric surgery candidates and affecting factors
Saliha Bozdogan Yesilot1, Remziye Yeşilkuş2
1Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aimed to evaluate coping and resilience levels and affecting factors in candidates for bariatric surgery.
Design And Methods:
This was a descriptive study. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Ways of Coping Inventory.
Findings:
This study was completed with 138 bariatric surgery candidates with a mean age of 35.70 ± 10.76. Candidates used problem-focused coping, and their resilience level was moderate.
Practice Implications:
Psychiatric nurses can develop training and counseling programs for the bariatric surgery candidates to enhance problem-focused coping and psychological resilience. These programs can apply routinely throughout the preoperative period and the postoperative period.
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