Study on Relationship between Family Function and Coping Style in the Preoperative Patients

Objective To investigate the status of family function and coping style,and to explore their relationship.Methods 65 preoperative patients were investigated by the simplified coping style questionnaire and family APGAR index(APGAR).Results 69.2%of preoperative patients had a good family function,33.2%had a relatively compromise family function,and only 3.1% had a quite bad family function.Comparing with the norm,the patients took more passive coping style than active(P0.01).Each element of family function was positively correlated with the active coping style(P0.01).The passive coping style was negatively correlated with Cooperation and Affection(P0.05).Conclusions The healthy family function profits the formation of active coping styles.