ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTERAPY IN CHILDREN: ACCOMPANYINGS’KNOWLEDGE
The study aimed to identify the knowledge of children accompanying ones about adverse effects ofchemotherapy. This descriptive study evaluated the knowledge of twenty-five children accompanying ones aboutchemotherapy in children submitted to this procedure. Forms had been applied in an informal int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Cogitare Enfermagem |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16186 |
| Summary: | The study aimed to identify the knowledge of children accompanying ones about adverse effects ofchemotherapy. This descriptive study evaluated the knowledge of twenty-five children accompanying ones aboutchemotherapy in children submitted to this procedure. Forms had been applied in an informal interview between July andAugust of 2005 in a University Hospital in Recife-PE. Three interviewees told that they had some information in thebeginning of the treatment while others affirmed not to have the necessary information about it. Interviewees related thefollowing adverse effects: fatigue, anorexy, nausea, loss of weight, pain and alopecia. In spite of the majority of the storiespointed the main adverse effects of the therapy, to develop an explaining pamphlet about chemotherapy was a goodstrategy to give right information. |
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| ISSN: | 1414-8536 2176-9133 |