Perfil de mulheres com câncer de mama

• Autor(a) principal: Campana, Hellen Carla Rickli
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (RI-UEM)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.uem.br:8080/jspui/handle/1/2430
• topic: Câncer de mama; Neoplasias mamárias; Qualidade de vida; Cirurgia conservadora da mama; Brasil; Breast neoplasm; Quality of life; Breast-Conserving Surgery; Brazil; Ciências da Saúde; Enfermagem

The breast cancer has become a public health issue in developed and in developing countries. The process of diagnosing and treating cancer has an important impact in women's quality of life. It was made a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study using 50 female subjects with breast cancer in the city of Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil. The aim of this study was to analyse the women's experience of living with a breast cancer. It was provided a questionnaire with multiple choices applied at the women's homes except one that was applied in the researcher's home. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), version 15.0 in order to analyze the sample of 50 women, descriptively characterizing through tables with absolute and relative values. The social and demographical data showed that they are women aged between 30 to 75 years, 80% were Caucasian, 84% married or widows, 50% were submitted to private health plans treatments and 46% to the Brazilian public health plan - SUS, 64% were housewives, 28% finished only the first grade education, 50% belonged to the A and B social and economical class. The risk factors related to the familiar history and hormonal aspects of breast cancer showed a percentage of 64% subjects who did not present a familiar history, 56% who found out the breast cancer distinctly from the health services orientation, 40% who presented the menarche between 13 and 14 years, 88% who were multiparous, 80% who breastfed, 48% who were experiencing the menopause, 74% who did not do the hormonal reposition therapy, 54% who did not use oral contraceptives, 76% who did not have a benign breast disease. Related to the present history of the disease, 48% were experiencing a diagnosis of 1 to 2 years, 36% presented a tumor in the left breast, 62% made quadrantectomy, 94% made radiotherapy, 86% made chemotherapy, 72% were using hormone therapy, 54% were independent in their daily routines (AVD). The post surgical period showed that the entire sample presented a change in their daily routines (AVD), in 78% the lymphedema was absent, 52% were submitted to physiotherapy, 64% abandoned their professional lives after the surgical proceeding and 68% after the diagnostic, 80% were able to make their professional activities and 20% changed their activities after the surgery. The study showed indeed the need of implement educational and assisting actions to the breast cancer woman, aiming to offer a humanized assistance.