O Transplante renal sob a ótica de crianças portadoras de insuficiência renal crônica em tratamento dialítico: estudo de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Setz, Vanessa Grespan [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Sônia Regina [UNIFESP], Naganuma, Masuco [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002005000300010; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2681
• topic: Child; Kidney transplantation; Pediatric nursing; Kidney failure; Criança; Transplante de rim; Enfermagem pediátrica; Insuficiência renal crônica

INTRODUCTION: To understand implications of the chronic disease for the child and his/her family it must be consider that the chronic disease can not be cured and that this cure may turn into a dangerous myth, involving the child s development process. AIM: To understand the meaning that renal transplantation has for those children in dyalitic treatment and to know their expectations regarding this treatment. METHOD: This is a qualitative study using as an investigation method a Case Study and the Mayeroff s philosophical referential. The techniques used to collect data were semi-structured interviews and the subject was the Design-Story. 15 children who gave their consent to take part of this research, with ages ranging from 6 to 16 years were interviewed and submitted to a dialytic and hemodialytic treatment. RESULTS: Four categories emerged from the semi-structured questions and after using the content analysis technique according to categories: building the knowledge on transplantation; searching to understand the wait for transplant; creating expectation on the transition; being in contact with frustration. Based on the design-story we had a category: unveiling feelings by means of the draw. In this study, we will show the results regarding the semi-structures questions emerged from the individual s speech. CONCLUSION: This study allowed us to understand that children realize the renal transplant as the only possibility to have their lives back to normal.