Abstract

VITORIA, Aline Letícia da  and  ASSIS, Cleber Lizardo de. Experiences and strategies for coping in family companions of hospitalized in a hospital unit of Cacoal-RO. Aletheia [online]. 2015, n.46, pp. 16-33. ISSN 1413-0394.

Objective: To analyze the experiences and coping strategies (coping) used by companions during the hospitalization process of a family in a Hospital Unit in the Municipality of Cacoal-RO. Method: qualitative exploratory study with 05 (five) family escort hospitalized, from both sexes, with data collected on a semi-structured interview and treated by L. Bardin Content Analysis. Results: subjects rated their experiences as being a "difficult career" and "very tiring, uncomfortable, difficult and required, although necessary; Coping strategies adopted were the most "positive reappraisal" highlighting the Religious Coping, beyond the "Acceptance of Responsibility", the "Troubleshooting" and the "Social Support"; The strategies used were less "Confrontation", the retirement means the self control and "Escape-Dodge". We conclude that the accompanying experience as a "difficult career," tiring, uncomfortable, difficult and obligatory but necessary; and presented as the main positive reappraisal coping strategy, which pointed to the use of religion (religious coping), followed by Responsibility Acceptance strategy, Problem Solving and Social Support.

Keywords : Health psychology; Hospitalar psychology; Hospitalization; Accompanying; Coping strategies (coping).

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