Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care
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Resumo: | Abstract Objective: to learn the perceptions of elderly persons in palliative care regarding coping with aging and illness. Method: an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was carried out. The study included 11 elderly persons in palliative care because of oncologic disease. Semi-structured interviews were carried out which were analyzed with the aid of the ALCESTE software. Results: two axes were identified from the content analysis. The first, Resist to Survive and Live, has two categories: the first, aging with integrity, portrays the positive perception of the participants regarding the aging process, and coping strategies used to deal with aging and with illness; the other category, resilient development, refers to the life trajectories of the participants and the adversities of the process of development and aging. The second axis, Resist to Die Well, has only one category and refers to the perceptions of the elderly about the stress related to illness. Conclusion: the results show that the perceptions of aging and falling ill involved resilience, as the participants focused on what they had gained rather than their losses. In this context, they used resilient coping strategies: spiritual support, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance. |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative careAgingMedical OncologyPalliative CareAdaptation, PsychologicalResilience, PsychologicalAbstract Objective: to learn the perceptions of elderly persons in palliative care regarding coping with aging and illness. Method: an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was carried out. The study included 11 elderly persons in palliative care because of oncologic disease. Semi-structured interviews were carried out which were analyzed with the aid of the ALCESTE software. Results: two axes were identified from the content analysis. The first, Resist to Survive and Live, has two categories: the first, aging with integrity, portrays the positive perception of the participants regarding the aging process, and coping strategies used to deal with aging and with illness; the other category, resilient development, refers to the life trajectories of the participants and the adversities of the process of development and aging. The second axis, Resist to Die Well, has only one category and refers to the perceptions of the elderly about the stress related to illness. Conclusion: the results show that the perceptions of aging and falling ill involved resilience, as the participants focused on what they had gained rather than their losses. In this context, they used resilient coping strategies: spiritual support, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance.Universidade do Estado do Rio Janeiro2018-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232018000600701Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia v.21 n.6 2018reponame:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiainstname:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)instacron:UFRJ10.1590/1981-22562018021.180139info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRibeiro,Mariana dos SantosBorges,Moema da Silvaeng2019-02-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1809-98232018000600701Revistahttp://revista.unati.uerj.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1809-9823&lng=pt&nrm=isohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revistabgg@gmail.com1981-22561809-9823opendoar:2019-02-28T00:00Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)false |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care Ribeiro,Mariana dos Santos Aging Medical Oncology Palliative Care Adaptation, Psychological Resilience, Psychological |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Perceptions of aging and falling ill: a study with elderly persons in palliative care |
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Ribeiro,Mariana dos Santos |
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Ribeiro,Mariana dos Santos Borges,Moema da Silva |
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Borges,Moema da Silva |
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Ribeiro,Mariana dos Santos Borges,Moema da Silva |
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Aging Medical Oncology Palliative Care Adaptation, Psychological Resilience, Psychological |
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Aging Medical Oncology Palliative Care Adaptation, Psychological Resilience, Psychological |
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Abstract Objective: to learn the perceptions of elderly persons in palliative care regarding coping with aging and illness. Method: an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was carried out. The study included 11 elderly persons in palliative care because of oncologic disease. Semi-structured interviews were carried out which were analyzed with the aid of the ALCESTE software. Results: two axes were identified from the content analysis. The first, Resist to Survive and Live, has two categories: the first, aging with integrity, portrays the positive perception of the participants regarding the aging process, and coping strategies used to deal with aging and with illness; the other category, resilient development, refers to the life trajectories of the participants and the adversities of the process of development and aging. The second axis, Resist to Die Well, has only one category and refers to the perceptions of the elderly about the stress related to illness. Conclusion: the results show that the perceptions of aging and falling ill involved resilience, as the participants focused on what they had gained rather than their losses. In this context, they used resilient coping strategies: spiritual support, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance. |
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