Aspectos gerais da sexualidade dos portadores de tuberculose pulmonar atendidos em unidades básicas de saúde de Ribeirão Preto-SP

Abstract

This descriptive study was carried out in order to identify and analysing the knowledge that the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have about the disease and the experiences which they have passed through; to identify some aspects related to their sexuality's changing after acquiring the pulmonary tuberculosis and characterizing the living experiences toward their family, the friends'/relatives' reactions and the emerging feelings. Fifty sexually active patients were interviewed. The results showed that 15 (30.0%) patients with pulmonary tuberculosis did not have any knowledge about the disease and 32 (64.0%) did not know how to prevent it. Among the fifty patients interviewed, 29 (58.0%) have realized negative reactions. The pulmonary tuberculosis do not interferes directly only in these sexual and social people's lives, but also in their partners social lives. This fact has been contributing in order to decrease their sexual relations often.

Representações sociais sobre a tuberculose

“…The representation o tuberculosis presentation as a disease with difficult treatment is in agreement with another study (8) . Authors reported that taking the medicine will depend on how people control or articulate their bodies and on their perception of a satisfactory body response to unpleasant sensations.…”

“…This prejudice is related to the contagion idea, which is also demonstrated by another study which shows that individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis suffer with the disease, not only due to its clinical manifestations, but also to the possibility of experiencing prejudices and being rejected in their social relationships (8) .…”

“…Despite the scientific progress which has made available some efficient treatments, even currently, popular beliefs about tuberculosis seem to preserve lots of images that made it one of the most dreaded diseases of all times (6)(7) . The disease's stigma lead people who contracted tuberculosis to suffer not only from its clinical manifestations, but also from prejudice, and from being rejected in their social relationship (8) .…”

Nursing and sexuality: integrative review of papers published by the Latin-American Journal of Nursing and Brazilian Journal of Nursing

“…These papers show a concern with aspects of sexuality that go beyond a biologistic view, however, a physiopathological approach to diseases is the dominant view, while sexuality is reduced to the sexual act per se (25)(26)(27)(28) . These two papers do not present a theoretical discussion and in some there is no reference to the concept of sexuality that guides the view of researchers.…”

“…These two papers do not present a theoretical discussion and in some there is no reference to the concept of sexuality that guides the view of researchers. Even though sexuality is one of the key words used, it is not a central issue in the studies described by these two papers (25)(26) .…”