Perfil dos sobreviventes ao câncer segundo o grau de resiliência de um serviço de oncologia - Pelotas/RS.

Abstract

Data have demonstrated a growing number of cancer survivors. It is believed in the existence of some features which help this population to deal in a positive way with the impact caused by the disease. This capacity meets the concept of resilience, understood as a human ability to respond positively to experiences with elevated risk potential. The aim of this study was to know the profile of cancer survivors according to resilience degree, under medical evaluation in the Oncology College Hospital Service of the Universidade Federal de Pelotas/RS. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study related to the research entitled. “Resilience as a strategy of confrontation for cancer survivors”. The cancer survivors of this study were those who accomplished the cancer treatment(s) and who followed medical evaluations in the referred service, from March to June 2010. The sample was constituted of 264 cancer survivors. The data collecting occurred through interviews, application of the Brazilian version of the Resilience Scale of Wagnild and Young and handbooks consultations. The information was uploaded in a database built on software Epi-Info 6.04. The unvaried analysis was carried out with the same software through descriptive statistics. The results have indicated that the characterization of this collectivity is relevant, because it could contribute for identifying promoting factors of elevated resilience.