Qualidade de vida em grupos de mulheres acometidas de câncer de mama

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the quality of life of women who suffer from breast cancer and are part of a support group, comparing the data gathered from mastectomized women who had breast reconstruction and women who had not had surgery. It also compared data of women who had quadrantectomy surgery but did not need reconstruction and those who had not had reconstruction surgery. It is a quantitative transversal study, and data was collected by application of a questionnaire to the respondents and by the SF-36 of the WHO. Fifty women with average age of 57.2 years participated in the survey. The groups were compared against each other - two by two - considering types of surgery, using the Mann-Whitney Test at a 5% level of significance. The results showed that women who had quadrantectomy surgery and did not need reconstruction are those who had the highest average scores in all fields and therefore have the best quality of life. They are followed by the group of women who had a mastectomy and reconstruction. The mastectomized group of women who had not had reconstruction surgery were seen to have a very low level of quality of life. They are followed by the group of women who had quadrantectomy surgery and also had not had reconstruction.

Impact on the quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy in public and private care

“…In the public institution, in turn, it was characterized as low socioeconomic status. Simeão et al (16) emphasize that similar socioeconomic and cultural level characteristics allow a better understanding and planning of the needs for the physical and psychological benefit of affected women. In contrast, economically active and productive women suffer a greater impact on QoL after diagnosis and treatment, triggered by the feeling of impotence in the face of illness, of their social and family life, and fearing the future for the uncertainty of the present, because they conciliate job activities with the treatment.…”

Quality of life after mastectomy and its relation with muscle strength of upper limb

“…Following the application of questionnaire SF-36, the results pointed out that women who had undergone quadrantectomy and did not need reconstructive surgery had the best average scores in all domains and, therefore, had better QL, followed by the group that had undergone mastectomy and reconstruction. The group of mastectomized women who did not have reconstruction surgery had a very low QL, followed by the group of women who had undergone quadrantectomy but no reconstruction 11 .…”

<b>Qualidade de vida em mulheres com câncer de mama em tratamento quimioterápico/ Quality of life in women with breast cancer in chemotherapeutic treatment<b>

“…A qualidade de vida é um termo amplo e subjetivo, podendo oscilar diante das experiências e expectativas de cada indivíduo. É voltado para autoavaliação e percepção, auxiliando, assim, na avaliação de intervenções, para que seja aplicada uma melhor assistência e, consequentemente, uma reabilitação precoce, além de compreender problemas relativos à parte funcional e psicossocial no decorrer da doença (5) . Diante da magnitude e relevância da doença, é imprescindível que haja profissionais capacitados para uma visão holística, para que possam manter uma postura que vise não apenas o tratamento da doença, mas também a educação e prevenção, assumindo atividades de cuidado em todas as etapas do diagnóstico e tratamento (6) .…”