SOUSA, K. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1032516191176395; SOUSA, Kamilla Abrantes de.
Resumo:
It is notorious that the mastectomy affects women somehow that she suffers physical,
psychological and social changes, generating negative feelings that can interfere with their
Quality of Life. The study aim to investigate the quality of life of mastectomized women in
the city of Cajazeiras-PB. This is a descriptive type field study with a qualitative approach,
which was conducted with 20 women mastectomized participating in the "Cajazeiras-PB
Amigas do Peito Group”. Was used to data collection a semistructured interview, occurred
during the months of June and July 2014 after the approval of the Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa
of Faculdade Santa Maria under Protocol 680 978. For data analysis it was used the Collective
Subject Discourse technique proposed by Lefèvre and Lefèvre, obtaining 10 collective
discourses. All research stages faithfully followed Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health
Council. The interviewed women had an age range between 36 and 70 years old when they
were subjected to mastectomy, most were married, with higher education, had home secretary
as profession, with a family cancer history and practiced Catholicism as religion. According
to their clinical profile, most of them performed the surgery more than four years ago, did
associated chemotherapy and radiotherapy after surgery and oral use of Tamoxifen and had
not performed breast reconstruction. It was shown that mastectomy affects physically and
psychologically the woman's life, causing the appearance of negative feelings, changes in
Daily Life activities and her health status and the quality of life of these women were more
affected after mastectomy, being noticed, by themself, normal currently. It was evident that
these women have adopted a unique way facing the disease, since this situation leads to
changes in their daily lives being needed a family and social support. It is concluded that the
knowledge about these changes by the heath, family and society team allows the woman to be
seen in an integral way for the improvement of their quality of life.