CHEMOTHERAPY AND ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS: REPORT OF ONCOLOGY CLIENTS

• Main Authors: Lenícia Cruz Soares, Andréia Burille, Milena Hohmann Antonacci, Maria da Glória Santana, Eda Schwartz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2009-12-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Nursing; Nurse-patient relationships; Nursing care; Chemoterapy
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i4.16388

It is a qualitative research, with exploratory and descriptive approach, with the objective of knowing howpatients in chemotherapy deal with the adverse effects of the treatment. The scenery of the research was the OncologyUnit of a hospital of the South area of Rio Grande do Sul. Five patients in chemotherapy treatment participated of the study.The collection of data happened in September of 2008, by open interview with a guideline question. The interviewees toldthat they presented adverse effects to the treatment, some in larger, other in smaller intensity. They mentioned that theypossess superficial information about chemotherapy and their effects and they referred to use medication to soften them,and some of them referred to take medication without medical advice. They also detached the importance of faith andreligiosity on the treatment.