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- Title
FACTORES EMOCIONALES Y FAMILIARES ASOCIADOS A LA ADAPTACIÓN DE NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES CON CÁNCER. REPORTE DE 10 CASOS.
- Authors
Noel, Geohanna; D'Anello, Silvana; Araujo, Luis; De Sousa, Joeliana
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate emotional and family elements that contribute to the adjustment process to cancer in children and adolescents. The sample was 10 patients between 4 and 16 years of age attending the Oncology Department of the Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de los Andes (IAHULA, Mérida, Venezuela). The study was non-experimental, transactional-descriptive. Parents and patients were evaluated through the Family Involvement scale, the Aesti scale and the Machover Human Figure Drawing test. The results show low self-esteem in patients with the most frequent emotions being anxiety, emotional stress, depression (60%), perceived threat and limited capacity for self-care (50%). Family involvement was mostly guided by the mother (49 %), and the predominant emotions in parents were sadness, depression, fear, helplessness, anxiety and stress in a high range of 5 to 6 points (Likert scale) besides support behaviors that help the child's and yout's adjustment. When facing the disease, family and patients experienced socio-emotional consequences that lead to physical, cognitive and psychological limitations that produce a series of reactions when trying to adapt to the new condition.
- Subjects
CANCER patient psychology; CANCER in adolescence; CHILDHOOD cancer; TEENAGERS; DISEASES in teenagers; EMOTIONS in adolescence; EMOTIONS in children; CANCER treatment; FAMILIES
- Publication
Universitas Humanística, 2013, Issue 76, p140
- ISSN
0120-4807
- Publication type
Case Study