Coping styles and emotional states in patients with chronic kidney insufficiency (CRI)

Abstract

Introduction: Coping is defined as those strategies that the patient has to minimize the negative impact caused by the disease and in turn the emotional alterations that affect their psychological well-being and their family and social environment. Objective: To contrast the development of studies concerning coping styles and emotional states in people with CKD, M ethod: Databases such as REDALYC, SCIELO, SCIENCEDIREC, University Repositories were used, addressing publications between the years 2011 to 2019, the search criteria were “coping”, “coping styles”, “emotional states”, coping and “renal insufficiency” “chronic renal failure”. The instruments used for systematization were the Bibliographic Matrix, while the qualitative analysis software Atlas Ti was used for coding and analysis of the information. Results: The articles analyzed show a greater tendency to study in the clinical and health area. Regarding theoretical references, Lazarus and Folkman show a greater tendency towards coping and Daniel Goleman towards emotional intelligence; in relation to methodological preferences, the quantitative approach stands out from other research approaches. According to the most used instruments, the semi-structured interview, the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) and the Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EQ-i) are the most used. In conclusion, it can be inferred that coping styles and emotional states in the population with CKD have not achieved a wide margin of studies and represent a wide margin of study for the work of the Psychology Professional.