Relationship of coping strategies with quality of life in women living with the husband on hemodialysis

women living with the husband on hemodialysis face multiple challenges which impact their quality of life and coping styles. This study performed to investigate Relationship of coping strategies with quality of life in women living with the husband on hemodialysis.
This research was a correlational study. The convenience sample consisted of 212 women living with the husband on hemodialysis who had come to hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, in 2016. The data were collected using the brief COPE, and WHO quality of life. Pearson correlation coefficient and ANOVA by SPSS software (version 21) was conducted for data analysis.
Psychological health of women was found lowest among the other sub-scales of quality of life. Quality of life had a positive significant correlation with problem-oriented coping strategies (r=0.71, P=0.001) and a negative relationship with emotion‑focused coping strategies (r=-0.53 P=0.04). The result showed that the religious (3.74±0.57) and substance use (1.99±0.7) as two coping strategies were the highest and lowest strategies used by women living with the husband on hemodialysis.
Coping strategies are influential in quality of life in women living with the husband on hemodialysis. Psychology support programs are needed to help to frequent use of problem-focused coping and reduce emotion-focused coping strategies to improve overall quality of life.