Objective: to estimate the incidence of medical adhesive-related skin injury in the peripheral venous catheter fixation region in critical cancer patients, to identify risk factors, and to establish a risk prediction model for its development. Method: a prospective cohort study with a sample of 100 adul...
INTRODUCCIÓN: Las complicaciones infecciosas como consecuencia del cáncer y como efectos secundarios del tratamiento, son una realidad latente que enfrentan los pacientes y cuidadores. La prevención de éstas dependerá, en gran medida, de los adecuados cuidados que se brinden, especialme...
Enfermedades Transmisibles/complicaciones,
Neoplasias/complicaciones,
Neoplasias/psicología,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Estudios Transversales,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Cuidadores/psicología,
Fenómenos Fisiológicos de la Nutrición,
Higiene,
Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles
ABSTRACT Aim: To demonstrate the relationship between religious/spiritual coping and hope in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed in a reference outpatient clinic in Caruaru, PE, between August and October 2...
Adaptación Psicológica,
Estudios Transversales,
Quimioterapia/métodos,
Quimioterapia/psicología,
Esperanza,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Neoplasias/complicaciones,
Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Espiritualidad,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the social representations of chemotherapy and the experiences built by people with cancer. Method: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred between August and December 2016, through interviews with 29 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy...
Adaptación Psicológica,
Brasil,
Quimioterapia/métodos,
Quimioterapia/psicología,
Quimioterapia/normas,
Relaciones Interpersonales,
Entrevistas como Asunto/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Neoplasias/complicaciones,
Neoplasias/psicología,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Estrés Psicológico/etiología,
Estrés Psicológico/psicología,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the spiritual needs of the patients' family caregiver under Oncology palliative care. Method: A descriptive, qualitative study with 20 family caregivers of patients hospitalized in an Oncology palliative unit. The data were collected through a phenomenological intervie...
Adaptación Psicológica,
Cuidadores/psicología,
Oncología Médica/métodos,
Oncología Médica/normas,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Neoplasias/complicaciones,
Neoplasias/psicología,
Cuidados Paliativos/métodos,
Cuidados Paliativos/psicología,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Espiritualidad
Este estudo objetivou descrever a prevalência de fadiga e identificar os fatores associados à fadiga em pacientes no pré-operatório de cirurgia oncológica. Pesquisa transversal, desenvolvida com 117 pacientes com câncer em pré-operatório (idade média= 51,2 anos; 76,9% mulheres; 65,8% vi...
Objetivo: analisar variáveis importantes à construção do conhecimento de enfermeiros para o controle do odor de feridas neoplásicas. Método: revisão integrativa de 2002 a 2015 sobre o tema, realizada em 2016, através da Base de Dados de Enfermagem, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciên...
ABSTRACT Objective: Checking for the existence of assessment instruments for odor in neoplastic wounds. Method: Integrative review performed in the databases Lilacs, SCiELO, Ibecs and MedLine, including national and international publications. Results: 15 articles were analyzed, in its majority perfor...
ABSTRACT Objective: The objective is to identify the variables that influence the impact of cancer on healthy siblings. Method: This is a quantitative, descriptive and correlational study with 83 families of children with cancer. We used the "Questionnaire to Assess the Impact of the Children's Cancer ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the existential experience of children with cancer under Palliative Care from the Humanistic Nursing Theory's point of view. Method: This is a field and qualitative research, in which eleven children participated, supported by the Support Centre for Children with Cance...
