Effect of Coping Strategy Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis

Abstract

Background Chronic prostatitis is a common urological diagnosis in men of all ages \nin Egypt. Chronic prostatitis causes many men significant morbidity, coping strategy play \nimportant role to deal the patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis and to cope with their \ncase. Aim: the study aims to evaluate the effect of coping strategy intervention for patients \ndiagnosed with chronic prostatitis Research design: A quasi-experimental design was used \nin this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Urology Outpatient Clinic in Ain \nShams University Hospitals. Sample: A purposive sample was used to select 60 of patients \ndiagnosed with chronic prostatitis .Tools :the researchers used two tools I) An interviewing \nquestioner which consists of three parts, I) patients socio-demographic data, II)Assess \npatient s present medical history, and III) patients knowledge regarding chronic prostatitis, II) \nBrief cope scale; standardized tool used for evaluating coping strategy among chronic \nprostatitis patients, Results: this study showed, highly statistically significant improvement \nof patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis knowledge and coping strategy post coping \nstrategy intervention than pre, (4.166±2.262 and 57.533 ± 15.053) , (11.633±2.532 and \n66.667 ± 6.357)respectively post coping strategy intervention implementation. Conclusion: \ncoping strategy intervention implementation aid the patients diagnosed with chronic \nprostatitis to cope with chronic disease, also their knowledge regarding chronic prostatitis \nimproved, Recommendations: Providing booklet to patients diagnosed with chronic \nprostatitis to describe the natural of disease and how to cope with this type of chronic disease; \ndesign and hinting poster about coping strategy Intervention regarding prostatitis in Urology \noutpatient clinic; and further researchers are needed in other setting and implement coping \nstrategy intervention for patients diagnosed with chronic prostatitis.