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Illness uncertainty, social support, and coping mode in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in a hospital in Shaanxi, China

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  • Xin Li
  • Lan He
  • Jing Wang
  • Mingxu Wang

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Objective: To analyze the relationships between illness uncertainty, social support, and coping mode in hospitalized patients with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: The General Health Questionnaire, Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, Social Support Rating Scale, and Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire were to the hospitalized patients with SLE (N = 200) in a tertiary hospital in Shaanxi. Results: The hospitalized patients with SLE showed a moderate level of illness uncertainty. Furthermore, illness uncertainty was negatively correlated with support availability (r = -0.161, P = 0.023) and facing coping mode (r = -0.231, P = 0.001), and was positively correlated with the yielding coping mode (r = 0.249, P

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  • Xin Li & Lan He & Jing Wang & Mingxu Wang, 2019. "Illness uncertainty, social support, and coping mode in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in a hospital in Shaanxi, China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(2), pages 1-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0211313
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211313
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