Social Support in women with breast cancer

• Autor(a) principal: Donato, Ana Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Vizzotto, Betina Pivetta, Braz, Melissa Medeiros
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/33797
• topic: Social support; Women; Breast neoplasms; Apoio Social; Mulheres; Neoplasias da mama

Breast cancer has a high incidence and mainly affects the female population. Even today, with advances in treatment methods, this disease causes biopsychosocial changes in women’s lives, which may have repercussions in the short and long term in social relationships. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the social support of women in treatment for breast cancer. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach with 24 women who were waiting for routine consultation in the Mastology outpatient clinic or Physiotherapy care. For the data collection, a questionnaire containing sociodemographic information and the Social Support Scale was used. It was verified, through the total score obtained by the Social Support of 72,17 ± 5,56, that the women received excellent social support in all domains, highlighting the material support. From the data obtained, the women in this study are assisted in relation to social support, a factor that contributes to the treatment and reinsertion in their activities.