As estratégias de enfrentamento de pacientes durante o tratamento de radioterapia

Abstract

Cancer is a disease that entails inquiries and a wide range of problems for persons going through this experience, inevitably leading to stress, which is part of human life. There are different ways of adapting to a situation to cope with the stress. What makes a difference in this context are the coping strategies, defined as a process used to control the demands of the relationship between individual and environment, to be elaborated by the individual. In this study, we tried to identify the forms used to cope with the disease and treatment. This is a qualitative study, using Collective Subject Discourse Analysis and the theoretical framework of coping. Sixteen radiotherapy patients were interviewed as part of a convenience sample. When faced with cancer and radiotherapy, the patients elaborated coping strategies that were based on emotion as well as on the problem.

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“…The coping strategy would be considered effective when the behavior alleviated the uncomfortable feelings raised by threats or losses. It would be considered ineffective, when it was not possible to deal with the stressful situation in a successful manner, which could trigger psychological and physiological imbalances (18) .…”

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“…And those who had coping strategies based on emotion mainly referred to the symptoms that were generated by the stressful situation and put all their hope in God. 16 A situation is revealed in this speech:…”

“…At times, women revealed they use coping strategies based on emotion; at other moments, the focus lied on the problem. 16 This can happen because "after receiving the diagnosis and during the treatment phase a woman can move away from her social network, experiencing moments of weakness and dependence." 17:53 A study conducted in 2005, in the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, addressing radiotherapy for cancer, found out that patients who had a coping strategy based on the problem did not avoid observing stress in their reactions, but they keep believing in the treatment and the team.…”

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“…(9) É importante destacar queo câncer é uma patologia cujo tratamento é, Tais estratégias ganham um caráter adaptativo, voltadas para a realidade, buscando uma remoção ou mesmo uma tentativa da abrandar a fonte estressora. (16) No caso do grupo que encontra-se centrados na emoção, as estratégias de enfrentamento tentam substituir ou regular o impacto emocional que a doença provoca. Deste modo, surgem processos defensivos fazendo com que os pacientes procurem não confrontar conscientemente com o seu problema e a sua realidade ameaçada.…”

“…Deste modo, surgem processos defensivos fazendo com que os pacientes procurem não confrontar conscientemente com o seu problema e a sua realidade ameaçada. (16) …”