Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-04-24T12:41:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ShirleyPontesDissertacao2018.pdf: 1632850 bytes, checksum: 1119ac63b939927d264497f421422810 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-04-24T12:41:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ShirleyPontesDissertacao2018.pdf: 1632850 bytes, checksum: 1119ac63b939927d264497f421422810 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-24T12:41:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ShirleyPontesDissertacao2018.pdf: 1632850 bytes, checksum: 1119ac63b939927d264497f421422810 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-23 / The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer can cause significant changes in the life of men influencing their quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life of patients with prostate cancer submitted to radiotherapy. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic sampling. Subjects eligible for the study were 120 men with prostate cancer who underwent on treatments at HUB - CACON. The instruments used were EORTC QLQ-C30 and the International Index Of Erectil Function- IIEF-5. The research project was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Brasilia under the number CAAE: 58197916.8.0000.0029.: The profile os subjects is aged between 70 and 79 years (42.3%), with elementary school (72.3%), brown (44.6%), married or had a partner (75.6%). Among the comorbidities, the highest incidence was arterial hypertension (70%) followed by Diabetes MellitusII (33.8%). The most frequent toxicities resulting from RT treatment, was dysuria (43%), followed by diarrhea (22.3%). The analysis of IIEF-5 allows to observe that 79.2% suffer from severe erectile dysfunction.. The prostate cancer treatments tend to cause negative impacts on sexual function and self-perceived quality of life. The age does not influence role performance, and isolated or simultaneous treatments proved to be important factor to erectile function score. Conclusion: The group who have undergone to RT + RP suffer more from pain and fatigue, and the group who have undergone to RT + CQ suffer more insomnia. All participants who have undergone RT + PR + CQ suffer severe erectile dysfunction. Considering the findings of this study, it confirm that the patients with prostate cancer who manage maintain erectile function moderate, mild and normal, they as well maintain their social roles as work, family relationships and marriage. They also keep their emotions balanced and control their irritability, tension, depression, and they feel less fatigue. This study allows to understand the local reality and corroborates with the findings of other studies carried out in different regions and social contexts. / O diagn??stico e o tratamento do c??ncer de pr??stata podem provocar mudan??as significativas na vida dos homens e influenciar a sua qualidade de vida. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada ?? sa??de e a fun????o er??til dos pacientes com c??ncer de pr??stata. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de corte transversal com amostragem n??o probabil??stica. Os indiv??duos eleg??veis para o estudo foram 120 homens portadores de c??ncer de pr??stata, que se submeteram ?? radioterapia no HUB ??? CACON. Os instrumentos utilizados foram o EORTC QLQ-C30, e o ??ndice Internacional de Fun????o Er??til IIEF-5. O projeto de pesquisa foi aprovado pelo Comit?? de ??tica e Pesquisa da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Cat??lica de Bras??lia sob o n??mero CAAE: 58197916.8.0000.0029. O perfil do participante ?? idade entre 70 a 79 anos (42,3%), com ensino fundamental (72,3%), da cor parda (44,6%), casado ou tinha uma companheira (75,6%). Dentre as comorbidades a de maior incid??ncia foi hipertens??o arterial (70%) seguida de Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 (33,8%). As toxicidades decorrentes do tratamento com RT, a mais frequente foi dis??ria (43%), seguida por diarreia (22,3%). A an??lise do IIEF- 5 permite observar o ??ndice de disfun????o er??til dos participantes, em que 79,2% dos participantes sofrem de disfun????o er??til severa. Discuss??o: Os tratamentos de c??ncer de pr??stata tendem a causar impactos negativos na fun????o sexual. E na autopercep????o da qualidade de vida. A idade n??o influencia no desempenho de papeis sociais. Os tratamentos se realizados isolados ou simultaneamente provaram ser um importante fator no escore da fun????o er??til. Conclus??o: O grupo que se submeteu a RT + RP sofre mais de dor e fadiga, o grupo que se submeteu a RT + CQ sofre mais de ins??nia e todos os participantes que se submeteram a RT + PR + CQ sofrem de disfun????o er??til severa. Considerando os achados desse estudo, se confirma que pacientes com c??ncer de pr??stata que conseguem manter a fun????o er??til entre moderada, leve e normal, tamb??m mant??m os desempenho de papeis sociais como trabalho, fam??lia, relacionamentos e o casamento. Eles tamb??m conseguem manter as emo????es mais equilibradas como controle da irritabilidade, tens??o e depress??o, e sentem menos fadiga.. Este estudo permite entender a realidade local bem como corrobora os achados de outros estudos em diferentes regi??es e contextos sociais.