Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Taisa Borges Grun.pdf: 713408 bytes, checksum: 77588a2820092fa9e412dae8803c2312 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-16 / Head and Neck cancer are responsible for about 5% of the new cases of cancer. Surveys indicate that prolonged stress can contribute to its development and can damage patient s treatment and quality of life. Appropriate social relationships promote better health conditions and moderate stress. The purpose of this essay was to verify the existence of stress and deficit of social skills in patients suffering from larynx cancer in one of Curitiba s cancer hospital. Twenty and one patients took part on the study. The instruments used were identification form, Inventory of Symptoms of Stress for Adults of Lipp and questionnaire of social skills. The results revealed 12 participants with stress. Results gotten from social skills questionnaire has showed high average. It was not verified statistics associations between stress and social skills values. The data did not support the initial hypothesis, since it was expected a higher number of participants with stress and deficit of social skills. Regarding the stress of the sample, a discussion is the probable intervening variables that might have helped to avoid the disease became an aversive situation for those patients until the time of the interview. As for social skills, a discussion is the adequacy of the instrument used for this sample. It is suggested replication of this research with larger samples and using another tool for evaluation of social skills. It was concluded that the data is valuable for a starting point for future researches with similar samples. / C?nceres de cabe?a e pesco?o s?o respons?veis por cerca de 5% dos novos casos de c?ncer. Pesquisas apontam que o stress prolongado pode contribuir para seu desenvolvimento e prejudicar o tratamento e a qualidade de vida do paciente. Rela??es sociais adequadas promovem melhores condi??es de sa?de e moderam o stress. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi verificar a exist?ncia de stress e d?ficit em habilidades sociais em pacientes com c?ncer de laringe de um hospital de c?ncer em Curitiba. Participaram do estudo vinte e um pacientes. Os instrumentos utilizados foram ficha de identifica??o, Invent?rio de Sintomas de Stress para Adultos de Lipp e question?rio de habilidades sociais. Os resultados revelaram 12 participantes com stress. Resultados obtidos com o question?rio de habilidades sociais n?o mostraram altas m?dias. N?o foram verificadas associa??es estat?sticas entre os valores referentes ao stress e ?s habilidades sociais. Os dados n?o apoiaram as hip?teses iniciais, uma vez que se esperava um maior n?mero de participantes apresentando stress e d?ficit em habilidades sociais. Com rela??o ao stress da amostra, discutiram-se prov?veis vari?veis intervenientes, que talvez tenham contribu?do para evitar que a doen?a se tornasse uma situa??o aversiva para esses pacientes at? o momento da entrevista. Quanto ?s habilidades sociais, discutiu-se a adequa??o do instrumento utilizado para essa amostra. Sugere-se a replica??o da presente pesquisa em amostras maiores e utilizando outro instrumento de avalia??o das habilidades sociais. Conclui-se que os dados obtidos s?o de valia como ponto de partida para futuras pesquisas com amostras semelhantes.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of North Texas, Aug., 2007. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.