This is an explanatory study with a quantitative approach, which aimed to analyze the coping strategies adopted by 40 patients hospitalized in regional hospitals located in the cities of Sousa and Cajazeiras (PB), while undergoing treatment for wounds. The data collected through a script of semi-structured interview were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. One verified that 59.4% of the patients showed a decrease in their self-esteem, pointing the pain (55,1%), the impaired sleep and rest (18.4%) and inability to work (12.2%) as the main stressing factors that come during hospitalization. To deal with this situation and minimize their psycho-socio-spiritual suffering, one used mainly coping strategies focused on religiosity (average of 3.6), followed by strategies focused on the problem (3.5%); on social support (3.1%); and on emotion (1.8%). One noticed that religious beliefs acted as cognitive mediators for the interpretation of events in a positive way.
Introduction: The segregation of people affected by leprosy in leper colonies as well as presenting itself ineffective, caused irreversible and irreparable consequences in the lives of individuals who came to carry the marks of stigma and prejudice surrounding the disease.
Results:The stigma and the prejudice crystallized in our culture had caused and still cause huge suffering and pain in the participants, who grew up and several aged in biological terms, living with a stigmatizing disease and its complications, sometimes disabling ones. In social and psychological terms, they were discriminated, rejected and even expelled from the familiar conviviality and the original social nucleus.
Conclusion:In this manner, one notices the need of these people recover their attachments, values and self-esteem, share feelings and build relationships so as to be integrated in the real world.
Objetivou-se analisar o discurso de sujeitos gestores relacionado ao retardo do diagnóstico da Tuberculose em pessoas idosas em municípios da região do Curimataú-Paraíba. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, cuja amostra contou com nove gestores de saúde de municípios pertencentes a 4ª Região de Saúde da Paraíba. Os dados foram coletados pela técnica da entrevista e analisados com base na Análise de Discurso de matriz francesa. Para os gestores, os fatores que levam ao retardo do diagnóstico da Tuberculose relacionam-se a demora em procurar os serviços de saúde e perceber o adoecimento, à falta de conhecimento sobre a doença, o preconceito, dificuldades no acesso aos serviços de saúde e a falta de percepção dos profissionais em identificar os casos suspeitos. Faz-se necessário que gestores e profissionais de saúde criem ações direcionadas tanto para família quanto para o idoso, o qual necessita ser visto como grupo de risco ao adoecimento de Tuberculose.
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