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| Published: October 17, 2024
Understanding Coping Strategies and Quality of Life in Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, KRSN College, Valanchery, Malappuram, affiliated to Calicut University, Kerala, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.032.20241204
DOI: 10.25215/1204.032
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the coping strategies and quality of life (QoL) of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients below the age of 30 through narrative analysis. Using a sequential explanatory design, the research initially administered the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) questionnaire to CKD patients recruited through snowball sampling. After analysing the quality-of-life scores, only 5 participants were found to have a high or good quality of life. Subsequently, interviews were conducted exclusively with these 5 CKD patients to explore their coping strategies. Narrative analysis of the interviews revealed several coping strategies employed by the participants, including active coping, emotional support, positive reframing, planning, humor, acceptance of health condition, spirituality, distraction, avoidance/denial, substance use, and disengagement. Despite facing challenges associated with CKD, five participants demonstrated high QoL, attributing their well-being to effective coping strategies such as emotional support, positive reframing of thoughts, acceptance of their health condition, and spirituality. The findings underscore the importance of recognizing and supporting effective coping strategies among young CKD patients to enhance their overall well-being and QoL. This study provides valuable insights for healthcare providers and policymakers in developing interventions to improve the lives of CKD patients.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Joseph, A.
Received: August 10, 2024; Revision Received: October 13, 2024; Accepted: October 17, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.032.20241204
10.25215/1204.032
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 4, October- December, 2024