Repercussões psicológicas em familiares acompanhantes de pacientes acometidos com câncer.

Abstract

Cancer is the name given to a set of over a hundred diseases that have in uncontrolled growth of cells that invade tissues and organs. Through this work we main aspects of psychological distress experienced by caregivers of cancer patients of a detailed look concerning this public. Had as objective the underst psychological repercussions of family caregivers of patients with cancer by difficulties experienced by family caregivers, identifying the way that family perceive illness, how the sociocultural issue affects the disease process and how choice of caregiver. This is a descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative conducted with individuals from the support group for cancer patients, to which questionnaire and semi-structured interviews subsequently conducted its analysi the modality based Bardin. The sample consisted of seven caregivers predominance. The results showed that there was an increase in caregivi fragility, showing stress, anxiety and depression during the staging of the cane combination of the results allowed us to observe increased psychological caregivers of cancer patients, due to the long and uncertain period of the disease. that the experiences can be better understood and known, showing the vulnerab of these families and highlighted within this perspective, there is elaboration favorable to this target audience, working up the issue of humanization of cars of the family in the context of the treatment of patients affected by cancer.