Lidando com um fenômeno natural e que ficará para sempre: a menstruação e suas influências na vida da mulher

• Autor(a) principal: Marinho, Diana da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11191
• topic: Nursing care; Women; Menstruation; Symbolic interactionism; Cuidado de enfermagem; Mulheres; Menstruação; Interacionismo simbólico; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

Menstruation, biologically and according to the medical view, is defined as the elimination of blood and superficial tissue of the endometrium after previous involution, as a result of the drop in serum concentrations of estrogens and progesterone at the end of the ovarian cycle. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has tried to discourage this mechanistic concept and sought to affirm that the act of menstruating also involves psychological, social and cultural variables. The following objectives were defined: Describe the relations of the influence of menstruation in the lives of women, according to their own perception and Analyze the relation of women with menstruation in the light of symbolic interactionism. The proposed study is descriptive, qualitative and aimed at exploring different aspects of the participants life experiences. We chose a qualitative approach, based on the assumptions of the Grounded Theory, for it offers elements for the discussion and analysis of the data results in a constant comparative way, and of the Symbolic Interactionism, which enables the qualitative research to achieve the objective of researching the meaning that individuals propose to the objects, people and symbols with which they interact in the social environment. From the results, four categories were generated: The arrival of something unexpected and unknown that will remain forever... , The influence of others in living/experiencing menstruation , The knowledge of the body and the relationship with herself and the world around her and Recognizing and dealing with the influences in life . It was observed that women, when dealing with the phenomenon of menstruation, although it is something natural, experience it differently, their social environment and culture being great influencers of this process, besides the event itself being a milestone in her life because it often occurs unexpectedly, and can generate positive or negative actions. Social support is another particularly important strategy as a support for both adolescents who experience this moment of transition to adulthood and for adult women who consider it important to receive support from their relatives, friends, among others. The participation of the nurse can become an important mediation with this woman to help her in the search for more significant meanings by means of a more integral, qualified care, causing the woman to have a reflexive vision about the act of being menstruated and about the influences of menstruation in her life, as well as having a look beyond just assuming this event naturally, conforming herself or not accepting the menstruation. By helping her to re-signify this phenomenon, bringing her a differentiated view, showing menstruation as something natural, enabling women to assume menstruation as a symbol of the feminine and an instrument of empowerment, nursing will be developing an important action of care with a liberating imprint. The results of the present study evidenced situations which deserve to be deepened in further studies.