Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:18:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Sylvia Cristina Silva de Azevedo.pdf: 288743 bytes, checksum: 2fb3e22ee2e2dbd442152f3dec4f8281 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Cancer is one of the most serious diseases in the humanity due to several factors. Psychological issues involving this disease, aggressive surgical procedures that determine aesthetic compromising of the patient, the development of side effects by the use of chemotherapy drugs and familiar involvement are the principal aspects that surround this disease with fear and prejudice. A great number of people have traumatic experiences, including sickened of family members or close friends, which are relived by the illness of their pets. In accordance with the principles of a qualitative research, 43 owners of dogs diagnosed with malignant neoplasias were interviewed, representative of the service routine of the Service of Oncology of the Veterinary Hospital of Small Animals of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. The selection was based on the fact that their pets had been submitted to surgery or chemotherapy. The objective of this qualitative-quantitative work done by the use of a semi-structured interview was to evaluate the perception of the owners about the cancer disease of their dogs, as well as their convictions after the treatment provided for the animals and to establish correlations between results, and, as specific objective, to verify how owners evaluate the quality of life of theirs animals after oncological treatment and the possible relationships between owners fears and adherence to the proposed treatments. The profile of the interviewed owners was composed predominantly of women older than 30 years old, educational level between high school and college education, and family income of four to ten minimum wages. The interviewed owners used the most varied synonymies to define the word cancer and they had the knowledge that the disease is not contagious. More than half of the owners had cases of cancer between members of the family and only eight of them had previously experience with the disease in pets. The most frequent fears related to the oncological treatment were related to the anaesthesia and age of the animal during the surgery as well as the side effects by the use of chemotherapy drugs. The majority of the interviewed owners related an improvement in the quality of life of theirs dogs after the therapy. All owners declared that they would treat another animal that became ill of cancer and also they would recommend the treatment to sick animals of friends and family members, and many of them did not show wish of acquiring another pet. / O C?ncer ? uma das mais graves mol?stias existentes na humanidade por in?meros aspectos. As quest?es psicol?gicas que envolvem a doen?a, os procedimentos cir?rgicos agressivos que comprometem esteticamente o indiv?duo doente, os efeitos colaterais desenvolvidos pela utiliza??o dos medicamentos quimioter?picos e o envolvimento familiar s?o os principais aspectos que cercam a doen?a de temor e preconceitos. Um grande n?mero de pessoas possui experi?ncias traumatizantes como o adoecer de parentes e amigos pr?ximos, as quais s?o revividas com o adoecimento de seus animais de estima??o. De acordo com os princ?pios de uma pesquisa qualitativa, foram entrevistados 43 propriet?rios de c?es com diagn?stico de neoplasia maligna, representativos da rotina de atendimento do Servi?o de Oncologia do Hospital Veterin?rio de Pequenos Animais do Instituto de Veterin?ria da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, cuja sele??o foi baseada no fato de terem sido submetidos ? cirurgia e ou quimioterapia. Este estudo qualitativo-quantitativo, realizado atrav?s de uma entrevista semi-estruturada, teve como principal objetivo avaliar a percep??o da doen?a c?ncer dos animais pelos seus propriet?rios, assim como suas convic??es ap?s os tratamentos institu?dos nos animais e estabelecer correla??es entre resultados, e como objetivo espec?fico, verificar como eles avaliam a qualidade de vida de seus animais ap?s o tratamento oncol?gico e as poss?veis rela??es entre os receios dos propriet?rios e a ades?o aos tratamentos propostos. O perfil dos entrevistados que aderiram ao tratamento de seus c?es foi composto principalmente por mulheres com idade superior a 30 anos, grau de escolaridade compreendido entre ensino m?dio e superior e renda familiar de quatro a 10 sal?rios m?nimos, e utilizaram as mais variadas sinon?mias para definir a palavra c?ncer e tinham o conhecimento de que a doen?a n?o ? contagiosa. Mais da metade dos propriet?rios possu?a casos de c?ncer na fam?lia e apenas oito tinham experi?ncia anterior com a doen?a em animais de estima??o. Os temores relacionados ao tratamento oncol?gico mais freq?entes foram a anestesia e a idade do animal na cirurgia e os efeitos colaterais na quimioterapia. Grande parte deles considerou melhor a qualidade de vida de seus animais ap?s o in?cio dos tratamentos institu?dos. Todos os propriet?rios declararam que tratariam outro animal que adoecesse de c?ncer e recomendariam o tratamento aos animais adoecidos de amigos e parentes, e muitos n?o demonstraram vontade de adquirir outro animal de estima??o.