THE LINK BETWEEN DISEASE PROGRESSION AND COPING-PROCESSES IN PATIENTSWITH RETINOPATHY CENTRALIS SEROSA

To illuminate the disease progression in retinopathy centralis serosa, 50 patients were enrolled in a basic study. Evaluated data included m edical and sociodemographic data as well as data regarding the patient 's coping with everyday conflicts and the disease. Hence, the German m ultidimensional coping inventory (SVF,Janke, Erdmann u. Boucsein 1985) , measuring the trait aspects of coping with everyday troubles, as wel l as the German coping questionnaire (EFK, Franke 1997), dealing with coping with retinopathy, were applied. We described three different cl usters of patients according to active and passive coping strategies. These three clusters also differed in terms of coping with the disease as well as in ophthalmological parameters. To illuminate the individu al situation of the members of the clusters, we discuss the specific s ituation of three patients.