[Sense of coherence, style of coping and adaptation after hysterectomy].

AIM

This article is devoted to analysis of factors favourable for adaptation after hysterectomy procedure. The consequence of expressing the hysterectomy as a stress situation is laying a great emphasis on analysis of coping with yourself and the factors affecting this process. We suggest the model where the sense of coherence affect indirectly thought the styles of coping on the level of health.

METHOD

Overall we examine 71 woman, 35 of them 10 days after the operation and 36 having this procedure 24-36 months earlier. The applied methods were: SOC-29, CISS, BDI, STAI and the Kuppermann Index.

RESULTS

We obtain results that confirm significant impact of the sense of coherence and the style of coping to women's health.

CONCLUSIONS

The results challenge proposed model as the only explanation. The sense of coherence influence the health not only thought the styles of coping. Discrepancies that were obtained thought the researches suggest the necessity of examining other possible relationships between those variables.