01774nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001100118653001200129653001100141653002000152100003400172700002100206700003100227700002900258700002600287700002900313245010900342300001200451490000700463520102200470022001401492020001401506       2009                            d  c07/2009bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aStress10adyspnea10aCoping10ahospitalization1 aMª Magdalena Medinas Amorós1 aCarmen Más Tous1 aMagdalena Truyols Taberner1 aCatalina Alorda Quetglas1 aBelén Martín López1 aMª José Centeno Flores00aStress in socio-sanitary hospitals: Main iatrogenic factors in patients with chronic respiratory disease  a167-1790 v153 aThe study of stress during hospitalization has been mainly focused on acute patients in general hospitals; hardly any attention has been paid to chronic patients staying in socio-sanitary hospitals. Objective: study the presence of stress and coping styles in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in public socio-sanitary hospitals. Method: 51 patients with COPD were assessed at the Joan March Hospital (Balearic Islands) by means of the Hospital Stress Rating Scale, the Dyspnea Scale (MRC) and a coping styles list. Results: patients  stress levels are lower than those of patients staying at general hospitals, independently of COPD severity (p > .05). Patients with mild dyspnea report high levels of stress (p < .05). Avoidant coping strategies are the most prevalent in COPD patients. Conclusions: the iatrogenic potential of hospitalization depends on the type of patient and the institution itself. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437