Objective: To investigate the relation between the presence of spiritual distress and use of RSC and sociodemographic, clinical and religious/spiritual variables in people with cancer. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in an association for support to people with cancer. The data obtained with the tools were analyzed using the Spearman‘s correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney Test. Results: 129 volunteers participated in the study, of which 57% showed moderate spiritual distress, 96% used medium and high positive religious/spiritual coping. Spiritual distress showed positive correlation with negative religious/spiritual coping (P<0.001) and inverse correlation with age (p 0.002). The use of positive religious coping was statistically significant in people who have religious practices (p 0.001). Conclusão: Spiritual distress is a phenomenon that is present in the lives of people with cancer and has significant relation with the use, in a negative manner, of religion/spirituality as a way of coping with the disease.
INTRODUCTION: Cancer and its treatment can affect the ability to feed, which require enteral nutritional therapy, requires appropriate self-care and care. Objective: to know the self-care/care of people with cancer using medical feeding devices in a city of the state of Minas Gerais. METHOD: qualitative investigation obtained by means of interviews recorded, using a semi-structured instrument, with people assisted in a reference center in oncology. RESULTS: built the central theme Requirements for self-care/universal care for health deviation: propelling and restraining forces and as sub-themes facilitators for self-care engagement and complicators for self-care engagement/care. CONCLUSIONS: the results contribute to the praxis of health professionals, especially nurses, to rethink the relevance of the guidelines in the process of transition from hospital to home and to recognize that each person has a differentiated of learning and all patients have the potential for care/self-care.
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