Em busca de cuidado: a utilização de práticas integrativas e complementares por mulheres.

Abstract

In the days that follow people find themselves increasingly affected by psychosomatics diseases, fruit of a society that lives on a post modern age. Unhappy with the traditional biomedic model they are looking for new possibilities to care. In this perspective, the integrative pratices and complementary came as a diferencial proposal of care, based in a holistic vision and integrating body/mind/spirit. This study has as objective: know the main complaints that leads women to seek for care by integrative pratices, as also know the benefits of such pratices. It is an exploratory-descriptive research of qualitative approach that was developed in a center of complementary and integrative pratices of health-Equilíbrio do Ser, in João Pessoa-PB. The research was implemented between november 2014 to april 2015, having as contributors 8 women that participate of the pratices offered related service. To analize the empiric material, was used the Bardin's technic of analysis. after the analysis of the content, has been outlined two categories "the pain of body and soul." and "from individual to the colective: using integrative and complementary pratices on health care." Related with the main results of the first category noted that, what bring these woman to seek for the integratives pratices were mainly emotional and psychic imprint complaints. During the speeches we could observe that this symptoms also embody as pain. Because of that, all woman use more than one integrative practice, either individualy or collectively. The main integrative practice cited by these women was: floral therapy, acupuncture, bodily pratices and communitary therapy. Each pratice brought specifics benefits to women, however we observe that all participants had their improved self esteem, feeling more empowered and with their complaints minimized. the care by integrative pratices brought beyond physical benefits, but mainly psychic and spiritual.