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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Predictors of Depression in Multiple Myeloma Patients

Monk, Kara Elizabeth 05 May 2023 (has links)
No description available.
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Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings

Hinz, Andreas, Zenger, Markus, Schmalbach, Bjarne, Brähler, Elmar, Hofmeister, Dirk, Petrowski, Katja 26 October 2023 (has links)
Objectives: Quality of life (QoL) has been the focus of increasing interest in oncology. QoL assessment instruments implicitly assume that each QoL domain has the same meaning for each patient. The objective of this study was to analyze the importance of and the satisfaction with QoL domains and to analyze the relationship between the two. Methods: A sample of 308 breast cancer survivors was examined twice with a three-month time interval. The women completed the two QoL questionnaires Questions of Life Satisfaction (FLZ-M), which measures participants’ satisfaction with eight QoL domains and the subjective importance of those domains to them, and the EORTC QLQ-C30. A sample of 1,143 women from the general population served as controls. Results: Compared with the general population sample, the patients were less satisfied with their health andmore satisfied with all other QoL domains. The subjective importance of health was lower in the patients’ sample (Effect size: d = 0.38). Satisfaction with health and importance of health were slightly positively correlated (r between 0.05 and 0.08). The effect of QoL domain importance on general QoL was small (beta between −0.05 and 0.11), and interaction effects between domain importance and satisfaction on the prediction of global QoL were negligible. Conclusion: In addition to satisfaction with QoL dimensions, the subjective importance of these dimensions is relevant for psychooncological research and treatment. Health is not the only relevant QoL domain in breast cancer survivors, other domains such as finances also deserve health care providers’ attention.
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Comunicação entre cuidadores familiares e pacientes oncológicos em cuidados paliativos: um estudo na perspectiva da Psicologia Analítica / Communication between family caregivers and cancer patients in palliative care: a study from the perspective of analytical psychology

Arrais, Rebecca Holanda 29 June 2018 (has links)
Esta dissertação faz parte do campo da Psico-Oncologia, área interdisciplinar dedicada ao estudo de questões emocionais relacionadas ao adoecer por câncer. Nela foram investigados os processos psicodinâmicos envolvidos na comunicação do familiar com o paciente oncológico em contexto de transição para Cuidados Paliativos. Objetivou-se, especificamente, indicar possíveis relações entre a vivência subjetiva dos familiares e o modo como se comunicam com os pacientes. O projeto, desenvolvido com suporte na abordagem da Psicologia Analítica, tomou por base o método qualitativo, com realização de observações e entrevistas semidirigidas com familiares de pacientes atendidos no Serviço de Terapia da Dor e Cuidados Paliativos do Instituto do Câncer do Ceará. Os dados foram descritos e interpretados de acordo com o processamento simbólico, conforme sistematizado por Penna. A pesquisa foi submetida ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do próprio hospital, antes do início da coleta, e aprovada pelo parecer de número 1.791.250. O grupo de 11 familiares entrevistados foi composto majoritariamente por mulheres, com apenas um homem, e teve idades variando de 21 a 60 anos. Todos eram filhos do paciente acompanhado, com exceção de uma participante que era amiga da paciente. Os resultados foram divididos em três categorias principais: vivências familiares do processo de adoecimento, participação familiar nos cuidados e comunicação no contexto de adoecimento e transição para Cuidados Paliativos. Os familiares desempenharam função de intermediários da relação equipe-paciente e demonstraram vivenciar impactos emocionais intensos decorrentes do adoecimento e progressão do câncer. Os cuidados e a comunicação familiar-paciente organizaram-se entre a infantilização do sujeito adoecido e o reconhecimento deste como ser ativo em seu próprio enfrentamento do câncer ou da morte / This dissertation is part of the field of Psycho-Oncology, an interdisciplinary area dedicated to the study of emotional issues related to cancer. It investigated the psychodynamic processes involved in the communication of family members with cancer patients in Palliative Care. It was specifically aimed to indicate possible relationships between the subjective experience of family members and how they communicate with patients. The project, based on the Analytical Psychology approach, used qualitative method. Observations and semi-directed interviews were made with family members of patients assisted at the Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Service of the Cancer Institute of Ceará (Instituto do Câncer do Ceará). The data was described and interpreted according to the symbolic processing, as systematized by Penna. The research was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the hospital itself before the beginning of the collection of data and approved, being registered with the number 1,791,250. The group of 11 family members interviewed consisted mostly of women, with only one man, and ranged in age from 21 to 60 years. All were children of the patient, with the exception of one participant - this being a friend of the patient. The results were divided into three main categories: family experiences of the illness process, family participation in care and communication in the context of illness and transition to Palliative Care. The family members functioned as intermediaries of the team-patient relationship and demonstrated intense emotional impacts due to the illness and progression of cancer in the patient. Family-patient care and communication were organized between the infantilization of the patient and its recognition as active player in his or her own process of coping with cancer or death
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Qualidade de vida e intervenção psicoeducativa com cuidadores não-profissionais de pacientes portadores de glioblastoma multiforme / Quality of life and psychoeducational intervention with non-professional caregivers of patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Vainboim, Tatiana Bukstein 05 October 2011 (has links)
O Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), tumor maligno do sistema nervoso central, é a forma mais agressiva e maligna entre os astrocitomas. Com tratamento padrão, o tempo médio de sobrevivência é de 10-12 meses. Uma vez que a família do paciente e os cuidadores familiares adoecem juntos, a ajuda psicológica às famílias é considerada essencial. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a qualidade de vida de cuidadores não-profissionais de pacientes portadores de GBM por meio de um programa psicoeducativo, visando promover condições para o uso produtivo de orientação e informação. A pesquisa envolveu um Grupo Experimental (GE) composto por vinte participantes e um Grupo Controle (GC) composto por dez participantes. Utilizou-se uma Entrevista Psicológica Semi-Dirigida e o instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida WHOQOL-bref. O instrumento é composto por duas questões gerais e 24 questões divididas em quatro domínios: físico, psicológico, relações sociais e meio ambiente. Posteriormente os participantes do GE foram incluídos em um programa psicoeducativo, individualmente, composto por quatro sessões temáticas com 45 minutos de duração cada realizadas uma vez ao mês. Os instrumentos foram reaplicados, ao final, para comparar os resultados da qualidade de vida, após a intervenção psicológica. O GC não participou do Programa Psicoeducativo, somente da aplicação dos instrumentos. O discurso do familiar é pautado pelo sentido de que a vida sofreu intensas mudanças. Os pacientes com GBM adquirem um alto grau de dependência dos cuidadores, que demonstram muitas vezes atitude de superproteção que pode resultar em infantilização do paciente. Em relação ao impacto psicossocial, ficou evidente a sobrecarga vivenciada, embora a maioria relate que se sente bem exercendo essa tarefa. Após a participação no Programa Psicoeducativo, todos os participantes apresentaram melhora na qualidade de vida, principalmente no domínio psicológico. Todos os domínios obtiveram diferenças estatisticamente significativas. Tiveram suas dúvidas esclarecidas quanto à doença, tratamento, bem como se sentiram acolhidos e relataram que, após a participação no programa, conseguiram encontrar uma forma de estabelecer comunicação com o paciente. Já no GC, houve uma piora da qualidade de vida em todos os Domínios. O atendimento psicoeducativo se mostrou benéfico, de forma a orientar e informar, além de minimizar o estresse desencadeado pela doença e permitir uma melhora no bem-estar e na qualidade de vida do cuidador familiar. Este vivencia o sentimento de perda iminente, desgaste físico e emocional, e muitas vezes, acaba por esquecer e ignorar seus próprios problemas partilhando os mesmos medos e angústias que o ente querido / Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a malignant tumor of the central nervous system, is the most aggressive and malignant among astrocytomas. Median survival time with standard treatment is 10-12 months. Patient and family are involved together in the illness. Therefore, psychological support to family members is critical. The objective of this study was to investigate the quality of life of non-professional caregivers of patients with GBM by means of a psychoeducational program oriented to provide guidance and information. This research study involved an Experimental Group (EG) of twenty participants and a Control Group (CG) made up of ten participants. A semi-structured psychological interview and the WHOQOL-bref assessment tool were used. The WHOQOL-bref is comprised of two general questions and the remaining questions are distributed in sections that evaluate four domains: physical, psychological, social and environmental. The participants in the EG were then included in an individual psychoeducational program consisting of four monthly thematic sessions of 45 minutes each. At the end of the study, the tools were used again in order to compare quality of life before and after the psychological intervention. The CG was submitted only to the tools, not to the Psychoeducational Program. The basis of the family discourse is the dramatic change in their lives. Patients with GBM become highly dependent on their caregivers, who often show an attitude of overprotection that leads to childish behavior of the patient. In terms of psychosocial impact, caregivers consider these tasks very rewarding, despite the clear burden experienced. After attending the Psychoeducational Program, all participants managed to improve their quality of life, particularly in the psychological domain. All domains showed significant statistical differences. The participants obtained answers to their questions about the disease and the treatment. They felt reassured after the program and managed to find a way to connect with the patient. As to the CG, the quality of life got worse in all domains. The psychoeducational program proved to be beneficial, providing guidance and information, minimizing the stress triggered by the disease, and improving the wellness and quality of life of the family caregiver. These caregivers live with the sense of imminent loss, physical and emotional stress, and often end up by forgetting and ignoring their own problems, sharing the same fears and distress of their beloved ones
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Cuidadores domiciliares: a vivência subjetiva do cuidar / Home caregivers: the subjective experience of care

Yavo, Ivete de Souza 27 April 2012 (has links)
Atualmente a Assistência em domicílio se consolida como uma das práticas encontradas pelo sistema atual de Saúde que visa oferecer atendimento humanizado e melhor qualificado à pacientes e familiares. Nesta perspectiva, o cuidado domiciliar se caracteriza pela complementaridade dos papéis desenvolvidos pelo paciente, família, profissionais e instituições de saúde. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo conhecer características emocionais e o contexto do trabalho do cuidador domiciliar bem como o sentido do cuidar para esses sujeitos. Participaram do estudo dez cuidadores domiciliares familiares, subdividos em dois grupos: cinco cuidadores de pacientes com câncer e cinco cuidadores de pacientes vítimas de acidente vascular cerebral atendidos por uma Programa de Assistência Domiciliar em um hospital no município de São Paulo. Para a coleta dos dados foram utilizadas sessões para entrevistas semi dirigidas e aplicação do Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). As entrevistas foram analisadas utilizando-se o método de análise de conteúdo, onde os dados observados foram agrupados em categorias e sub categorias. Os resultados apontam que o cuidar é uma experiência paradoxal, pois o cenário onde se desenvolve o cuidado é geralmente desconsiderado nas ações em saúde, muito embora, seja determinante para a apreensão da subjetividade do cuidador e do que se espera de suas tarefas. Questões ligadas a aspectos culturais e sociais como gênero aparecem reforçando o não compartilhamento de atividades entre os membros da família, gerando sobrecarga e desgaste físico e emocional. Enquanto nas entrevistas o sentimento de cansaço, fadiga e exaustão foram constantemente abordados pelos cuidadores, no MBI, alguns destes aspectos não foram observados. Conclui-se assim que a relação cuidado e cuidador não é um encontro simples, ou seja, o domicílio é um cenário complexo no qual é impossível homogeneizar ações e práticas de saúde / Currently, Home Assistance is consolidated as one of the practices found at the current health system aiming to offer humanized and better qualified service to the patients and their relatives. Hence, home caregiving is characterized by the complementarity of the roles developed by the patient, family, health professionals and institutions. The present research has the objective of knowing the emotional characteristics and the context of the home caregiver work, as well as the meaning of taking care for these individuals. Ten home caregivers, subdivided in two groups, participated on the study: five caregivers of cancer patients and five caregivers of patients who suffered stroke served by a Home Assistance Program in a hospital from the city of São Paulo. For the data collection, sessions for semi-directed interviews and the application of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were used. The interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method, where the observed data were grouped in categories and sub-categories. The results highlight that taking care is a paradoxical experience because the scenario where the caregiving is developed is generally not considered in health actions, although they are determinant for the apprehension of the caregivers subjectivity and of what is expected from their tasks. Issues concerning cultural and social aspects such as the gender reinforce the non-sharing of activities among the members of the family, generating overload and physical and emotional fatigue. Although the interviews showed that feelings of weariness, fatigue and exhaustion were constantly approached by the caregivers, in MBI test some of these aspects were not observed. It is concluded that care and caregiving relation is not a simple meeting, in other words, the household is a complex scenario where it is almost impossible to homogenize health actions and practices
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Os sentidos subjetivos de adolescentes com c?ncer / The subjective senses of adolescents with cancer

Silva, Giselle de F?tima 14 February 2008 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GISELLE DE FATIMA SILVA.pdf: 745850 bytes, checksum: e29f8e9faea1e5203fab5147b4747b16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-14 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / This paper is the result of a qualitative study based on the Subjectivity Theory and the Qualitative Epistemology, both developed by Gonzalez Rey. Mainly, it aims at analyzing and discussing subjectivity configurations of adolescents with cancer. It focuses on the singularity of the subject who falls ill and it is based on a complex discussion on the healthdisease process. The research was developed from four case-studies with 13-19-year-old adolescents who were in a support house. As the research instrument, we used the conversational dynamic and the phrasal complement. The discussion in this paper was made and elaborated for each case-study using a constructive-interpretative analysis on the sense zones. In them we see some common elements as: social representations of cancer, the impact of the diagnostic, the familiar and social relations, body transformations as a result of the treatment s collateral effects, and the interference of the nosocomial routine in an adolescent life. It can be concluded, as a result, that each adolescent s subjective production is unique to his/her life history, culture, values and habits, and the actual context. Therefore, the adolescent s production of subjective senses of cancer weren t limited to the symbolic space of the adolescence or the cancer. They integrated subjective senses constituted in other of his/her life spheres. Our study presents the importance of rescuing the singularity of the subject with cancer in the medical intervention as well as in the psychological support and in the development of scientific studies. Even more, it was due to the valorization of the singularity that was possible to develop the category of research-therapy. It refers to an inter-relational space generated between the researcher and the adolescent, and which wasn t restricted only to the research development, but allowed the affective attachment and the psychotherapeutic acceptance with this research s young participants. / Esta disserta??o ? o resultado de um estudo qualitativo baseado na Teoria da Subjetividade e na Epistemologia Qualitativa, ambos desenvolvidos por Gonz?lez Rey. O principal objetivo desse estudo foi analisar e discutir as configura??es subjetivas de adolescentes portadores de c?ncer, enfatizando a singularidade do sujeito que adoece a partir de uma discuss?o complexa sobre o processo sa?de-doen?a. O trabalho foi desenvolvido com quatro estudos de caso com adolescentes de 13 a 19 anos de ambos os sexos, e que estavam hospedados numa Casa de Apoio. Como instrumentos de pesquisa utilizamos a din?mica conversacional e o complemento de frases. A discuss?o do nosso trabalho foi realizada por meio de uma an?lise construtivo-interpretativa das zonas de sentidos elaboradas para cada estudo de caso. Nessas zonas de sentidos observamos alguns elementos comuns, tais como: as representa??es sociais do c?ncer, o impacto do diagn?stico, as rela??es sociais e familiares, as transforma??es do corpo decorrentes dos efeitos colaterais do tratamento e a interfer?ncia da rotina hospitalar na vida do adolescente. Como resultados p?de-se concluir que a produ??o subjetiva de cada adolescente ? peculiar ? sua hist?ria de vida, ? cultura, valores e h?bitos, al?m do contexto atual. Portanto, os sentidos subjetivos dos adolescentes portadores de c?ncer n?o estavam limitados ao espa?o simb?lico da adolesc?ncia ou do c?ncer, mas integravam sentidos subjetivos constitu?dos em outras esferas da vida desse adolescente. Dessa forma, nosso estudo vem apresentar a import?ncia do resgate da singularidade do sujeito que adoece, tanto na interven??o m?dica, no acompanhamento psicol?gico e tamb?m no desenvolvimento de estudos cient?ficos. Al?m disso, foi mediante a valoriza??o da singularidade que foi poss?vel desenvolver a categoria pesquisa-terapia que se refere ao espa?o inter-relacional gerado entre a pesquisadora e adolescente, que n?o se limitou somente ao desenvolvimento da pesquisa, mas possibilitou o v?nculo afetivo e acolhimento psicoterap?utico dos jovens participantes desse estudo.
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Comunicação entre cuidadores familiares e pacientes oncológicos em cuidados paliativos: um estudo na perspectiva da Psicologia Analítica / Communication between family caregivers and cancer patients in palliative care: a study from the perspective of analytical psychology

Rebecca Holanda Arrais 29 June 2018 (has links)
Esta dissertação faz parte do campo da Psico-Oncologia, área interdisciplinar dedicada ao estudo de questões emocionais relacionadas ao adoecer por câncer. Nela foram investigados os processos psicodinâmicos envolvidos na comunicação do familiar com o paciente oncológico em contexto de transição para Cuidados Paliativos. Objetivou-se, especificamente, indicar possíveis relações entre a vivência subjetiva dos familiares e o modo como se comunicam com os pacientes. O projeto, desenvolvido com suporte na abordagem da Psicologia Analítica, tomou por base o método qualitativo, com realização de observações e entrevistas semidirigidas com familiares de pacientes atendidos no Serviço de Terapia da Dor e Cuidados Paliativos do Instituto do Câncer do Ceará. Os dados foram descritos e interpretados de acordo com o processamento simbólico, conforme sistematizado por Penna. A pesquisa foi submetida ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do próprio hospital, antes do início da coleta, e aprovada pelo parecer de número 1.791.250. O grupo de 11 familiares entrevistados foi composto majoritariamente por mulheres, com apenas um homem, e teve idades variando de 21 a 60 anos. Todos eram filhos do paciente acompanhado, com exceção de uma participante que era amiga da paciente. Os resultados foram divididos em três categorias principais: vivências familiares do processo de adoecimento, participação familiar nos cuidados e comunicação no contexto de adoecimento e transição para Cuidados Paliativos. Os familiares desempenharam função de intermediários da relação equipe-paciente e demonstraram vivenciar impactos emocionais intensos decorrentes do adoecimento e progressão do câncer. Os cuidados e a comunicação familiar-paciente organizaram-se entre a infantilização do sujeito adoecido e o reconhecimento deste como ser ativo em seu próprio enfrentamento do câncer ou da morte / This dissertation is part of the field of Psycho-Oncology, an interdisciplinary area dedicated to the study of emotional issues related to cancer. It investigated the psychodynamic processes involved in the communication of family members with cancer patients in Palliative Care. It was specifically aimed to indicate possible relationships between the subjective experience of family members and how they communicate with patients. The project, based on the Analytical Psychology approach, used qualitative method. Observations and semi-directed interviews were made with family members of patients assisted at the Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Service of the Cancer Institute of Ceará (Instituto do Câncer do Ceará). The data was described and interpreted according to the symbolic processing, as systematized by Penna. The research was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the hospital itself before the beginning of the collection of data and approved, being registered with the number 1,791,250. The group of 11 family members interviewed consisted mostly of women, with only one man, and ranged in age from 21 to 60 years. All were children of the patient, with the exception of one participant - this being a friend of the patient. The results were divided into three main categories: family experiences of the illness process, family participation in care and communication in the context of illness and transition to Palliative Care. The family members functioned as intermediaries of the team-patient relationship and demonstrated intense emotional impacts due to the illness and progression of cancer in the patient. Family-patient care and communication were organized between the infantilization of the patient and its recognition as active player in his or her own process of coping with cancer or death
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Vivências de médicos oncologistas: um estudo da religiosidade no cuidado existencial em saúde / Experiences of oncologist Physicians : a study of the religiosity in the existential care within health. 2008. 224 p. Dissertation (Masters) Faculty of Phylosophy, Science and Language of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2008.

Junqueira, Lilian Claudia Ulian 29 September 2008 (has links)
Atualmente, os profissionais da saúde não vêm sendo preparados para lidar com as dificuldades inerentes à morte e o morrer, no entanto, observa-se que, dentre eles, é o médico que vivencia mais negativamente essa realidade, em detrimento das intervenções psicossociais. A literatura aponta que, crenças e práticas religiosas são importantes na vida de muitos pacientes que procuram assistência, entretanto, muitos médicos e demais profissionais da equipe ainda estão incertos sobre a melhor maneira para abordar questões espirituais e religiosas. Esta pesquisa teve a intenção de compreender a vivência de religiosidade de médicos oncologistas no cuidado com o paciente oncológico. Optou-se pela modalidade de pesquisa qualitativa, na perspectiva da Fenomenologia Ontológica- Hermenêutica de Martin Heidegger, para a compreensão das situações vivenciadas. Foram realizadas entrevistas com oito médicos oncologistas, após a assinatura do consentimento livre e informado. As entrevistas foram gravadas e transcritas na íntegra, seguida de uma leitura ampla. Posteriormente, verificadas as convergências e divergências dos relatos, emergiram as categorias de análise. A análise interpretativa desvelou que os médicos têm uma abertura para a compreensão da dimensão religiosa do paciente, no entanto, a fazem com muita dificuldade e ambigüidade quanto às condutas a serem tomadas. Mostram-se sensíveis a uma nova postura médica que precisa de bases seguras para se solidificar, porém encontra-se em momento inicial, na construção de um novo paradigma, que transita entre o cuidar autêntico e o inautêntico. Revelaram a compreensão da importância de Deus, como facilitador ao enfrentamento da facticidade introduzida pelo adoecer e, paralelamente, relataram que, também buscam e confortam-se em sua relação com a espiritualidade e o transcendente. Diante do desamparo sentido pela angústia, na proximidade da fronteira vida-morte, emergem os modos de existir destes cuidadores, na medida em que deparam-se com a finitude humana. Alguns continuam agregados aos rituais religiosos, como missas, velórios e práticas de rezas como forma de elaboração do luto que vivenciam cotidianamente, assim, conservam a dimensão pública do evento morte. Outros mostram-se em uma postura mais contemplativa diante de um Deus interno, cultivando a religiosidade em seu mundo próprio, sem freqüentarem rituais. Acolheram a necessidade do paciente ser-com-o-divino, nos diversos momentos, ao longo do tratamento. Embora, alguns médicos não se sintam confortáveis, ponderando o valor científico das práticas, não há oposição. Tendo em vista que o cuidado permeia toda e qualquer ação humana, segundo a ontologia de Heidegger, podemos vislumbrar, a partir dos resultados desta pesquisa, filosofias educacionais que envolvam os modos de ser-com e suas implicações para o cuidado e o existir autêntico na relação do médico com a religiosidade. (CAPES). / Nowadays, the health professionals have not been prepared to deal with the difficulties inherent to death and dying, however, it is noticeable that, among them, it is the physician who experiences more negatively this reality, for he is the focus of the patients and their relatives. Literature points out that beliefs and religious practices are important the lives of many patients who look for assistance, however, many doctors and other professionals of the staff are still wrong about the best way of approaching spiritual and religious issues. This research had the aim of comprehending the experience of religiosity of oncologist physicians in the caring of the oncologic patient. We opted for the qualitative research, through the perspective of Martin Heideggers Ontological-Hermeneutic Phenomenology, to understand the situations experienced. We interviewed eight oncologist physicians, after the signature of the informed and free consent. The interviews were recorded and transcribed entirely, followed by a broad reading. After the convergences and divergences of the reports were verified, the categories of analysis emerged. The interpretative analysis unveiled that the physicians have an opening for the comprehension of the patients religious dimension, however, they do it with much difficulty and ambiguity in relation to the actions to be taken. It is a new medical posture that needs safe foundations to solidify, but it is in an initial moment, in the construction of a new paradigm that oscillates between the authentic and non-authentic treating. The Physicians revealed the importance of God as a facilitator to the coping with the adversity of sickening and alongside they reported that they also search for and comfort themselves with their relation with spirituality and the transcendental. In the situation of helplessness caused by anguish, in the proximity to death, these care takers existing forms emerge: some continue attached to religious rituals, such as masses, funerals and praying practices as a way of elaborating the grief that they experience daily, so as to keep the public dimension of the death event. Others show themselves in a more contemplative posture before an inner God, cultivating the religiosity in their own world, without attending rituals. The physicians incorporated the patients necessity of being-with-the-divine, in the various moments along the treatment. Although some physicians do not feel comfortable, considering the scientific value of the practices, there is no opposition. Seen that the care permeates all and every human action, according to Heideggers ontology, we can discern educational philosophies that involve the results of this research and the being-with ways and their implications for the caring and the authentic existing in the relationships between physicians and religiosity (CAPES).
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Meta-analysis of moderators of psycho-oncology therapy effectiveness : "it's the sick who need a doctor" : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Heron, Heather Adele January 2009 (has links)
Reviews conflict regarding the effectiveness of psycho-oncological therapies at reducing patient anxiety, depression and general distress, suggesting that unknown factors are moderating trial results. This meta-analysis investigates the moderating impact of a large range of socio-demographic, psychological, medical and therapy factors using published and unpublished data from 146 prospective controlled trials, including non-random designs. Preliminary analyses of trial design quality features exposed 2 moderators: recruit screening for psychological distress or history, and the nature of the control condition. These structured a 2 x 2 matrix used to conduct substantive analyses. Admitting only recruits with established baseline distress was found to predict greater effect size, as was excluding patients with a history of distress. Main effects for patients with baseline distress compared with untreated controls, were medium-strong at g = 0.52 - 0.70. Evidence of varying strengths indicated that patients who were older, of lower income, male, single, or suffering from cancer sited elsewhere than breast produced higher effect sizes. Data also highlighted particular stages in the cancer journey: re-entry to normal life at the end of medical treatment, recurrence, and distant disease spread. Findings suggest that risk and distress screening should be employed by both clinicians and researchers. Researchers should also re-direct attention away from unscreened middle class early stage breast cancer patients, towards more vulnerable socio-demographic and medical groups. The potential of using survivors and indirect therapies to effectively and efficiently reach vulnerable groups deserves exploration. Reviewers need to take into account the 2 trial design moderators discovered, and should include non-random controlled trials which may have more access to particularly vulnerable groups because some past conclusions were confounded by the co-variation of study design with sampling characteristics.
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Médecine non-conventionnelle et psycho-oncologie : évaluation de l’impact des Médecines Complémentaires et Alternatives (MCA) chez les patients atteints de cancer / Unconventional movement in oncology : the impact of CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medecines) in patients with cancer

Suissa, Veronique 13 September 2017 (has links)
Cette étude porte sur le mouvement non conventionnel en oncologie et tend à évaluer l’impact des MCA conjointement en termes de bénéfices, de risques et de dérives chez les patients atteints de cancer. Notre démarche comparative explore le vécu de 32 patients utilisant ou non les MCA, de façon complémentaire ou alternative aux traitements curatifs. Un entretien semi-directif unique a été mené auprès de chaque patient dans l’objectif d’identifier les processus communs et distincts entre les différents groupes. Un livret de questionnaire leur a également été remis afin de rendre compte des caractéristiques du mouvement hétérodoxe. L’analyse du discours révèle que le recours aux MCA influence positivement le vécu de la maladie sur l’ensemble des dimensions de la personne, mais détériore la représentation de la médecine allopathique et la relation soignant/soigné. Le refus de traitements curatifs chez les utilisateurs de MCA est lié à un univers de croyances invalidantes qu’ils développent. L’analyse des échelles suggère que le recours aux MCA améliore la perception de la santé globale, réduit la symptomatologie dépressive, mais reste sans effet sur l’anxiété. Le recours alternatif aux MCA est lié aux croyances d’attribution causale interne et de contrôle religieux, mais pas à celle d’un contrôle sur l’évolution de la maladie. L’intégration des MCA en oncologie apparaît pertinente et nécessaire pour améliorer la prise en charge des malades, mais doit pouvoir se déployer avec prudence et de façon progressive au regard des risques et des dérives de certaines pratiques hétérodoxes. / This study examines the unconventional movement in Oncology and aim to assess the impact of CAM jointly in terms of benefits, of risks and derivatives in patients with cancer.Our comparative approach explores the experience of 32 patients using or not the CAM of complementary or alternative to curative treatments. A unique semi directive interview was conducted with each patient in order to identify common and distinct processes between differents groups. A questionnaire booklet was also been handed them to end to account characteristics of the unconventional movement.Analysis of the speech shows that the use of CAM affects positively the experience of the illness across the dimensions of the person, but deteriorates the representation of allopathic medicine and the patient-caregiver relationship. The refusal of curative treatments among users of CAM is linked to a universe of disabling beliefs they develop.The analysis of scales suggests that the use of CAM improves the perception of global health, reduces the depressive symptomatology, but has no effect on anxiety. The alternative use of CAM is related to internal causal attribution and control beliefs, but not to control over the course of the disease. The integration of CAM in oncology appears relevant and necessary to improve the care of patients, but should be able to be deployed with caution and progressively in the light of the risks and derivatives of certain heterodox practices.

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