The relationship between anger, depression, anxiety and hopelessness and adjustment to the disease in individuals with chronic diseases

The Relationship between Anger, Depression, Anxiety and Hopelessness and Adjustment to the Disease in Individuals with Chronic Diseases In this study, the relationship between adjustment to chronic diseases and trait anger, hopelessness, anxiety and depression was investigated. It was aimed to examine the relationship between anger, depression, anxiety and hopelessness and adaptation to the disease in individuals with chronic diseases. 400 people, 193 men and 207 women, with a mean age of 44.18±16.952, participated in this study. In addition, sociodemographic form, Chronic Disease Adjustment Scale, Trait Anger Scale, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale were used to collect the study data. Pearson correlation analysis, independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance and multiple linear regression analysis were used in the analysis of the study data. In the study, the trait anger, anxiety, and depression levels of the chronic disease group were higher than the trait anger, anxiety, and depression levels of the group without chronic illness. The general compliance level of the group with comorbidities to chronic diseases is higher than the group without comorbidities. According to the results of regression analysis, it was seen that trait anger, hopelessness and depression explained adaptation to chronic diseases, but anxiety did not. In addition, the results of the correlation analysis obtained in this study and the findings for sociodemographic variable groups were discussed by comparing them with the findings in the relevant literature. Keywords: Hospitalized Patient, chronic disease, psychosocial