A Pilot Study on Emotional Intelligence and Stress Regulation in Hemodialysis Patients
O. Impis, E. Grapsa, A. Zartaloudi, G. GerogianniIntroduction
Emotional intelligence has a close association with management of stress in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Objectives
This pilot study aimed to assess the associations between emotional intelligence and stress regulation in individuals receiving hemodialysis.
Methods
In this pilot study, forty seven (n=47) patients on hemodialysis completed the questionnaires: i) Wong and Law Emotional Scale - WLEIS) and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short form (TEIQue-SF) for the assessment of emotional intelligence ii) Brief Cope for the assessment of stress management iii) A questionnaire about demographic and clinical characteristics. Spearman correlations coefficients (rho) were used to explore the association of two continuous variables and Mann-Whitney tests for comparison of a continuous variable between two groups. Analyses were conducted using SPSS statistical software (version 26.0).
Results
More use of active positive coping of stress was significantly associated with greater self-control (p=0.014) greater well-being (p=0.032) and greater overall emotional intelligence (p=0.004). More use of humor as a strategy for coping with stress was significantly associated with greater self-control (p=0.034). Substance abuse was significantly and negatively associated with self emotion appraisal (p=0.016) and emotion appraisal of others (p=0.021).
Conclusions
Dialysis patients should attend training programs in order to acquire emotional intelligence skills for an effective stress management.
Disclosure of Interest
None Declared