SELF CARE AMONG WOMEN WITH FAMILY FACTOR OF BREAST CANCER

Authors

  • Maraísa Pimenta Vilela
  • Clícia Valim Côrtes Gradim
  • Lana Ermelinda da Silva dos Santos
  • Eliza Maria Rezende Dázio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i2.15611

Keywords:

Neoplasias da mama, Autocuidado, Grupos de risco, Enfermagem, Breast cancer, Self-care, Risk group, Nursing, Neoplasias del pecho, Grupos de riesgo, Enfermería

Abstract

This is a prospective descriptive study that aimed to identify, among daughters and sisters of women with
breast cancer, the knowledge of the risk for this cancer and which self care practices they have adopted. Data were
collected by the application of a formulary in sisters or daughters of the participant women from the Woman with Breast
Cancer Project, in the period of 2004-2007. Of the 20 women interviewed, 14 were daughters, 5 sisters and one was daugther
and sister of women with breast cancer, the average age was of 35 years, alphabetized, 75% of them reported they had
received some orientation about preventive aspects; 65% of them carry out both the self-examination and the clinical
examination of the breasts; 25% had made mammography and base ultrasonography. The health professional must know
how to approach the woman with family history of mammary neoplasm to stimulate strategies that might allow the
adoption of self-care practices.

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

Vilela, M. P., Gradim, C. V. C., dos Santos, L. E. da S., & Dázio, E. M. R. (2009). SELF CARE AMONG WOMEN WITH FAMILY FACTOR OF BREAST CANCER. Cogitare Enfermagem, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i2.15611

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Research

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