Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment

To identify the self-care capacity of cancer clients treated at the chemotherapy service of a university hospital in Minas Gerais/Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 79 adult and elderly participants diagnosed with primary cancer on antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment. Two inst...

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Main Authors: Fabiano Henrique Oliveira Sabino, Leidiane Mota de Oliveira Chagas, Nathália Silva Gomes, Elizabeth Barichello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2020-05-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/48099
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author Fabiano Henrique Oliveira Sabino
Leidiane Mota de Oliveira Chagas
Nathália Silva Gomes
Elizabeth Barichello
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Nathália Silva Gomes
Elizabeth Barichello
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description To identify the self-care capacity of cancer clients treated at the chemotherapy service of a university hospital in Minas Gerais/Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 79 adult and elderly participants diagnosed with primary cancer on antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment. Two instruments were used to achieve the proposed objective, one created by the authors for sociodemographic characterization and another translated, adapted and validated to Brazilian Portuguese to assess the capacity of self-care, namely, the Appraisal of Self Care Agency Scale-Revised, the ASAS-R. Most respondents were female (50.6%), married (58.2%), had between five and nine years of schooling (43.0%), had a family income of one to three minimum wages (86.1%) and were predominantly elderly (54.4%). The mean score obtained for self-care capacity was 57.8. A dichotomy between the patients' usual chores and their diagnoses was observed, but the participants also stated that they dedicate time and were willing to take care of their health. They also stated that they looked for the best ways to take care of themselves and sought updated information whenever necessary, although no statistically significant association was found between self-care scores and sociodemographic variables. This study allowed to show that sociodemographic variables such as education, income, religion and cohabitation should be taken into account by health professionals to favor the client's engagement in self-care actions.
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spelling doaj.art-a0e5e3dc57ed4ea8a05f4e4c1089c0552022-12-22T01:00:48ZengUniversidade Federal de UberlândiaBioscience Journal1981-31632020-05-01364Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatmentFabiano Henrique Oliveira Sabino0Leidiane Mota de Oliveira Chagas1Nathália Silva Gomes2Elizabeth Barichello3SENACUniversidade Federal do Triângulo MineiroPrograma Saúde em Casa de Patos de Minas - MGUniversidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro To identify the self-care capacity of cancer clients treated at the chemotherapy service of a university hospital in Minas Gerais/Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 79 adult and elderly participants diagnosed with primary cancer on antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment. Two instruments were used to achieve the proposed objective, one created by the authors for sociodemographic characterization and another translated, adapted and validated to Brazilian Portuguese to assess the capacity of self-care, namely, the Appraisal of Self Care Agency Scale-Revised, the ASAS-R. Most respondents were female (50.6%), married (58.2%), had between five and nine years of schooling (43.0%), had a family income of one to three minimum wages (86.1%) and were predominantly elderly (54.4%). The mean score obtained for self-care capacity was 57.8. A dichotomy between the patients' usual chores and their diagnoses was observed, but the participants also stated that they dedicate time and were willing to take care of their health. They also stated that they looked for the best ways to take care of themselves and sought updated information whenever necessary, although no statistically significant association was found between self-care scores and sociodemographic variables. This study allowed to show that sociodemographic variables such as education, income, religion and cohabitation should be taken into account by health professionals to favor the client's engagement in self-care actions. https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/48099Self-managementNeoplasia.Chemotherapy.
spellingShingle Fabiano Henrique Oliveira Sabino
Leidiane Mota de Oliveira Chagas
Nathália Silva Gomes
Elizabeth Barichello
Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
Bioscience Journal
Self-management
Neoplasia.
Chemotherapy.
title Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
title_full Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
title_fullStr Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
title_full_unstemmed Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
title_short Ability for self-care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
title_sort ability for self care in clients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy treatment
topic Self-management
Neoplasia.
Chemotherapy.
url https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/48099
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