ABSTRACT Objectives: to understand the experience of post-discharge health care of primary cancer treatment from the perspective of survivors. Methods: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, using Martin Heidegger’s Existential Phenomenology framework. Analysis of semi-structured interviews of 11 cancer survivors, after primary treatment, was carried out through vague and median and hermeneutic unders...
Abstract Objective: To describe the contents and structure of the social representation of cancer. Method: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in a High Complexity Care Unit in Oncology. Data collection included a socio-occupational and clinical characterization questionnaire and free evocations form from 100 cancer patients in chemotherapy treatment and in-depth inter...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the experience of people with advanced-stage cancer given the impossibility of curing the disease. Method: A research based on the Heideggerian phenomenology conducted with 11 people with advanced-stage cancer. Data was collected between November 2015 and March 2016 through an open interview. Results: From the understanding of the reports, three themes emerged: Finding the inev...
RESUMO Objetivo Compreender o significado atribuído pelas pessoas que desenvolveram trabalho voluntário em serviço de apoio oncológico. Método Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, que teve como referencial teórico o Interacionismo Simbólico, realizado com dez voluntárias em uma casa de apoio oncológica em um Município de médio porte localizado no sul do Brasil. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre junho e agosto de 2016 ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the social representations of chemotherapy and the experiences built by people with cancer. Method: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred between August and December 2016, through interviews with 29 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at an institution in the northern part of Paraná State, and the Thematic-Categorical Content Analysis. Results...
ABSTRACT Objective: Qualitatively evaluate the operation of a palliative care service in oncology. Methodology: Qualitative study conducted in a service in southern Brazil based on a fourth generation evaluation. Between September 2014 and June 2015, 460 hours of operation were observed, and 45 semi-structured interviews and five negotiation meetings were conducted; data were analyzed using the constant compara...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the contents and dimensions of social representations about chemotherapy by cancer patients in chemotherapy treatment. Method: qualitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations. One hundred patients were interviewed with cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment attended at a High Complexity Oncology Unit located in the north of the state of Paraná between August and...
ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the effect of nursing appointment on cardiometabolic profile of people with Diabetes Mellitus type 2. Method: randomized controlled trial, developed with 134 individuals chosen for two groups: intervention and control. The intervention consisted of three nursing appointments alternated bimonthly, with two phone calls, over five months. The control group received usual care offered ...
Resumo Objetivo: Compreender os sentimentos do acompanhante do doente com câncer, hospedado em casa de apoio. Métodos: Pesquisa fenomenológica fundada no pensamento de Martin Heidegger. Foram entrevistados dez acompanhantes, entre maio e julho de 2015, hospedados em uma casa de apoio no sul do país. Resultados: Da análise, emergiram-se três temáticas ontológicas: desvelando o sentimento de preocupação para com ...
Resumo Objetivo: Conhecer as perspectivas de pessoas com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 sobre as ações de autocuidado. Métodos: Estudo qualitativo realizado em um município do norte do Paraná. Os dados foram coletados nos meses de junho e julho de 2014, por meio de entrevista domiciliar e, após, submetidos à análise de conteúdo. Resultados: Alguns indivíduos reconhecem que a adoção de ações de autocuidado é de sua re...