Coping with a Lower Limb Amputation due to Vascular Disease in the Hospital, Rehabilitation, and Home Setting

Table 2

Relative mean score on The Ways of Coping Questionnaire across settings (𝑛=16).

Coping strategies	Hospitalization	Rehabilitation	After discharge	Friedman
	T1	T2	T3	𝜒^2	P
Self-controlling	0.18	0.17	0.20	2.38	0.31
Seeking social support	0.15	0.14	0.13	1.56	0.46
Positive reappraisal	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.38	0.83
Planful problem solving	0.12	0.16	0.12	9.46	0.01**
Distancing	0.12	0.13	0.18	9.50	0.01**
Confrontive coping	0.11	0.08	0.09	0.29	0.86
Escape-avoidance	0.11	0.08	0.07	3.71	0.16
Accepting responsibility	0.08	0.10	0.07	1.65	0.44

* P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.