Abstract

PEREZ NUNEZ, David et al. Vulnerability to stress in patients with peptic ulcer illness. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

Introduction: stress is considered as unspecific reaction or response of the human body to any change that it breeds as a result of the impact of significant events. Method: adescriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative and correlational study was carried out, with non-experimental design. Objective: to evaluate the vulnerability to stress in patients with peptic ulcer illness in an intentionally selected sample of 70 patients, all diagnosed with peptic ulcer illness through recent endoscopies (less than six months). These patients had been attended to in the gastroenterology service of ""Efraín Mayor" polyclinics in Cotorro municipality from January to March 2013. Results: it was found that 85.7% of the sample were vulnerable to stress, females prevailed and smoking and coffee were the predominated toxic habits in the studied population. Anxiety as trait and emotional state predominated at low and middle levels. Conclusions: it was recommended to conduct a similar study in another health area of Cotorro municipality and to perform other studies with the following variables: Lifestyles, coping styles and social support, in their relationship to vulnerability to stress, in addition to implementing an educational intervention strategy aimed at the studied patients.

Keywords : Stress; Vulnerability; anxiety and Peptic Ulcer illness.

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