The State Of Elderly Coping With Stress

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the state of elderly coping with stress.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted sixty years old and over 106 individuals living at home within society. As data collection forms, a survey-form containing socio-demographic characteristics of all the individulas were recorded features of elderly and a Scale of Stress-Coping Manners (SSCM) was used. Percentage, mean + standard deviation, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis methods were used for assessment of the collected data.Results: The mean age of the study group was 68.0 +/- 5.5. 57.5% of the participants were women, 52.8% had four and more than four children and 61.3% had a chronic illness. The scores of stress-coping manners of the elderly were high (73.86 +/- 8.18). The score averages of stress-coping of the women, the individuals who had three children and less, and the elderly who had no chronic illness were high and statistically significant (p<0.05).Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that the elderly were successful in coping with stress. Different sources of stress that comes with the aging process to deal with the stress is important for the health of the elderly. Therefore, in order to increase the quality of life and healthy aging it is necessary to evaluate the situation of elderly coping with stress.