Resultados: 55

Qualidade de vida de pacientes durante terapia antineoplásica: estudo descritivo

OBJETIVO: avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes oncológicos que utilizam dispositivo para infusão contínua de antineoplásicos. MÉTODO: estudo transversal, realizado em uma operadora de plano de saúde de Fortaleza/CE, em 2013, com 28 pacientes, mediante aplicação do instrumento de avaliação d...

Access of the patient to the cancer network under the "Sixty-Day Law": Integrative Review

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (5), 2020
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze Brazilian scientific production on patient access to the oncology network under the "Sixty-Day Law". Methods: integrative review of the literature in the databases Lilacs, PubMed and Scielo. The descriptors used were: neoplasms, health services accessibility, early detec...

Perceptions of adolescents with cancer undergoing palliative care about their illness process

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 41 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the perception of adolescents with cancer undergoing palliative cares about their illness process. Method: An exploratory and qualitative study, per formed at a federal public hospital specialized in oncology disease in Rio de Janeiro, through interviews with nine adol...

Nurse Navigator: development of a program for Brazil

Objective: to develop a Navigation Program for cancer patients, based on the model proposed by The GW Cancer Institute at George Washington University, adapted to the reality of a Brazilian High Complexity Center in Oncology. Method: a convergent care research applied in the development of a patient nav...

Diagnóstico e tratamento do câncer infantil: implicações para a vida do cuidador

Rev. cuba. enferm; 33 (2), 2017
Introdução: Apesar dos grandes avanços na terapia oncológica, o câncer ainda é uma doença de diagnóstico estritamente interligado ao medo da morte que exerce grande impacto sobre a criança afetada e sua família, em razão dos estigmas e mitos presentes na sociedade. Em todos os casos, os cuidad...

Assistência à saúde de pessoas em tratamento oncológico

Objetivo: analisar a legislação em vigor e compará-la com a realidade relatada pelos usuários da saúde, que realizam tratamento oncológico em uma unidade de saúde. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, exploratório, com dez pessoas com doença oncológica, internadas numa unidad...

Effects of Hatha Yoga on caregivers of children and adolescents with cancer: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Objective: To assess the effects of a Hatha Yoga intervention on anxiety, subjective well-being, and attention levels of caregivers of children and adolescents with cancer, admitted to a public hospital in the city of Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Methods: A randomized controlled...

Caring ability, burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the caring ability and the burden, stress and coping of family caregivers of people in cancer treatment. Method: A cross-sectional study with 132 family caregivers. The following instruments were applied: a characterization instrument, the Caring A...

Incidence of pressure injury in an oncological intensive care unit

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the incidence of pressure injury in cancer patients of an intensive care unit. Method: A longitudinal study with 105 patients admitted to an oncological intensive care unit. The incidence rate was calculated as the number of events per 100 patient-days. Cumulative inc...

Auriculoterapia com agulhas para melhora da qualidade de vida em pacientes com câncer: revisão integrativa

Objective: The study’s goal has been to identify in the literature the use of auriculotherapy with needles as an intervention to improve cancer patients’ life quality. Methods: It is an Integrative Literature Review of articles published in Portuguese, English, Spanish and/or German, available in ful...