RELIGIOUS-SPIRITUAL COPING OF PATIENTS IN THE PREOPERATIVE PERIOD OF CARDIAC SURGERY.

Objective: to evaluate the religious-spiritual coping in patients in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery. Method: cross-sectional, analytical study, in which 62 patients hospitalized in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery, between September and December 2020, in two reference hospitals in cardiac surgery in northeastern Brazil, were evaluated. Results: the patients showed a high use of religious-spiritual coping, with predominance for the positive. The main factors used for positive religious-spiritual coping were Positive position towards God and Distancing through God/Religion/Spirituality. Conclusion: nurses can consider and invest in interventions that favor positive coping, aiming to reflect better patient experience in the face of important stressors, such as cardiac surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]