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Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças

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Psic., Saúde & Doenças vol.9 no.1 Lisboa  2008

 

Impacto da doença crónica na qualidade de vida: comparação entre indivíduos da população geral e doentes com tumor do aparelho locomotor

 

Tiago Paredes1, Mário R. Simões2, Maria Cristina Canavarro2, Adriano Vaz Serra3, Marco Pereira1, Manuel João Quartilho3, Daniel Rijo2, Sofia Gameiro1 & Carlos Carona4

 

1Bolseiro de Doutoramento da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia;

2Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra – Portugal;

3Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra – Portugal;

4Núcleo Regional do Centro da Associação Portuguesa de Paralisia Cerebral (NRCAPPC), Coimbra Portugal

 

RESUMO: O diagnóstico de cancro, a própria doença e os seus tratamentos têm associadas implicações físicas, psicológicas e sociais que acarretam uma redução significativa da qualidade de vida dos doentes. Este estudo exploratório teve como objectivo avaliar o impacto de uma doença crónica específica – a patologia tumoral do aparelho locomotor – na qualidade de vida. Para o efeito, o WHOQOL-100 foi administrado a uma amostra constituída por 30 doentes com tumor do aparelho locomotor e a um grupo de controlo de 30 indivíduos saudáveis. Os resultados obtidos revelam a existência de diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre o grupo clínico e o grupo de controlo, sugerindo o impacto negativo da patologia tumoral do aparelho locomotor na qualidade de vida global (t=2,38; p< 0,05), nos domínios físico (t=2,06; p < .0,5) e nível de independência (t= 6,51; p< 0,001) da qualidade de vida, e alertando para a necessidade de delinear intervenções multidisciplinares que ajudem a pessoa a lidar com esta doença e com os seus tratamentos, promovendo o seu bem-estar.

Palavraschave: Doença oncológica, Tumor do aparelho locomotor, Qualidade de vida, WHOQOL-100, Avaliação psicológica.

 

Impact of chronic illness on quality of life: a comparison between individuals from the general population and bone and soft tissue cancer patiente

ABSTRACT: Cancer diagnosis and its treatments are associated with physical, psychological and social implications that cause a significant reduction in the patient’s quality of life. The aim of this exploratory study was to assess the impact of a specific chronic illness – the bone and soft tissue cancer – on the quality of life. In this sense, a sample of 30 bone and soft tissue cancer patients and a control group of 30 healthy individuals responded to the WHOQOL-100. The results obtained evidence the statistical significant differences between the clinical and the control group, suggesting the negative impact of bone and soft tissue cancer on the global quality of life (t=2.38; p< .05) and on the physical (t=2.06; p< .05) and level of independence (t=6.51; p< .001) quality of life domains. This study evidence the need for multidisciplinary interventions that help the patient to cope better with this disease and its treatments, improving their wellbeing.

Key words: Cancer, Bone and soft tissue cancer, Quality of life, WHOQOL-100; Psychological assessment.

 

 

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Recebido em 10 de Março de 2008 / aceite em 20 de Abril de 2008

 

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