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- Title
Stress vulnerability: parents that take care of cancer bearing children.
- Authors
Correia Fontes, Anna Luiza; de Araújo Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire; Mariz de Lima, Lidianne; Dias dos Santos, Thayná; Matos do Nascimento, Lazuir Braga; Roseando da Silva, Richardson Augusto
- Abstract
Objective: The study's purpose has been to further investigate the stress experienced by parents that take care of cancer bearing children. Methods: It is an exploratory and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, which was performed with 22 mothers who received support at the House of the Child with Cancer located in João Pessoa city, Paraíba State, Brazil. Data were collected from March to May 2016 through a sociodemographic and stress vulnerability questionnaire. Data were processed using parameters as the absolute and relative frequency, average and standard deviation, minimum and maximum. The study was approved by the Certificado de Apresentação para Apreciação Ética (CAAE) [Certificate of Presentation for Ethical Appreciation] N*. 49175015100005176. Results: It was verified that 59.1% (13) were male children and 100% (22) female (mothers) who cared for their children; the most prevalent treatment was chemotherapy; 100% of caregivers presented high vulnerability to developing stress. Conclusion: The multiprofessional assistance is needed not only for the child diagnosed having cancer, but also for the caregiver and the family that participates and assistance during moments of suffering.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER patients; SERVICES for caregivers; MOTHERS; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RISK assessment; TUMORS in children; QUANTITATIVE research; BURDEN of care; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 4, p857
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2019.v11i4.857-861