Objetivo: Conhecer o itinerário terapêutico de pessoas com câncer de cabeça e pescoço em tratamento radioterápico. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo de caráter qualitativo, realizado em um hospital-escola do Rio Grande do Sul, com 18 pessoas, por meio de entrevista aberta. Para tratamento dos dados u...
ABSTRACT Objective: construct and validate the content of an instrument to collect data from patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) served in a specialty clinic. Method: methodological study consisting of four steps. The first step consisted in the preparation of the instrument using databases and th...
Objetivo: Descrever o uso do Questionário de Qualidade de Vida da Universidade de Washington, específico para Câncer de Cabeça e Pescoço, na consulta de enfermagem em Radioterapia. Método: Estudo transversal, prospectivo, de abordagem quantitativa do tipo descritiva-exploratório com 10 pacientes e...
Abstract OBJECTIVE Evaluating the effectiveness of a musical intervention in reducing anxiety and vital parameters in people suffering from head and neck cancer. METHOD A randomized controlled clinical trial, performed in a head and neck outpatient clinic with 40 participants, subdivided into two group...
Abstract Objective: develop the content and face validation of an educative manual for patients with head and neck cancer submitted to radiation therapy. Method: descriptive methodological research. The Theory of Psychometrics was used for the validation process, developed by 15 experts in the theme a...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To understand and describe the experience of the development of coping strategies during the professional life of nurses providing care to patients with facial image alteration. METHOD Descriptive qualitative study with a hermeneutic-dialectic framework conducted in the head and neck...
Se hace un estudio retrospectivo de 9 casos con dolor por cáncer avanzado en la cabeza y cuello, atendidos por el grupo de la Clínica del Dolor del Instituto Nacional de Oncología y Radiobiología, entre 1988 y 1991. A estos pacientes se les implantó un catéter con reservorio en el espacio epidural,...