Methods of coping used by mastectomized women to deal with stress <b>[Abstract in English]</b>

Authors

  • Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm Unijuí
  • Cristiane Maçalai Rede Básica de Saúde de Chiapeta-RS
  • Marinês Tambara Leite UFSM
  • Marli Maria Loro Unijui

Keywords:

MASTECTOMIA/enfermagem, ESTRESSE PSICOLÓGICO, FEMININO, RELAÇÕES ENFERMEIRO-PACIENTE, CUIDADOS DE ENFERMAGEM, ADAPTAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA.

Abstract

Aims: This study aimed to identify types of coping used by mastectomized women to deal with stress. Methods: A qualitative, descriptive research was conducted, in which the gathering of the data was done through interviews. Six women, members of a support group associated to a hospital in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, took part in the study. Results: The analytical category “stress in mastectomized women: mechanisms of coping” emerged from the analysis of the data. The strategies used by the women to deal with the stress were the family support, participating in the group, and the help of health professionals, which consists in coping of perceived social support. Conclusions: The results made possible to understand how women deal with the suffering caused by the disease, considering that mastectomy is a process that involve physical, psychological and social changes in the woman and her family.

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Author Biographies

Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm, Unijuí

Enfermeira, Mestre em Administração – RH/UFRGS, docente da Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul/Unijuí. Rua 20 de setembro 902, Centro. 98700-000 – Ijuí/RS. Orientadora do TCC e autora do artigo. E-mail: [email protected].

Cristiane Maçalai, Rede Básica de Saúde de Chiapeta-RS

Enfermeira, graduada em Enfermagem pela Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul/Unijui, enfermeira da Rede Básica de Saúde do Município de Chiapetta/RS.Autora do TCC

Marinês Tambara Leite, UFSM

Enfermeira, Doutora em Gerontologia Biomédica, docente da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - Centro de Educação Superior Norte (CESNORS). Rua Floriano Peixoto, 776. CEP. 98700-000, Ijuí/RS. Autora do artigo

Marli Maria Loro, Unijui

Enfermeira, mestre em Educaçao pela UNIJUI, autora do artigo.

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Published

2009-07-16

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Stumm, E. M. F., Maçalai, C., Leite, M. T., & Loro, M. M. (2009). Methods of coping used by mastectomized women to deal with stress <b>[Abstract in English]</b>. Scientia Medica, 19(3), 108–114. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/scientiamedica/article/view/4773

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Vol. 19 No. 3 (2009)

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