RELAXATION WITH GUIDED IMAGERY AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors

  • Adriana Cristina Nicolussi Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM)
  • Namie Okino Sawada Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo Becton Dickinson Brasil
  • Juliana Maria de Paula Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i4.48208

Keywords:

Neoplasias, Chemotherapy, Depression, Relaxation, Imagination, Complementary therapies.

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the effect of relaxation and guided imagery on depression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Quasi-experimental study conducted in two chemotherapy centers between 2009-2011. The intervention group was subjected to relaxation with guided imagery; the intervention (n = 73) and control (n = 9) groups completed the Beck Depression Inventory. The most frequent cancers were breast, intestinal and gastric cancers. Statistically significant differences (p <0.05) were observed between the groups (Mann-Whitney test, p = 0.0158) and times (Wilcoxon test, p = 0.0401), and the intervention group had more patients “without depression” than the control group. According to Beck Depression Inventory, the results showed that intervention contributed to reduce the presence of depression among these patients. It is expected that this intervention be disseminated in routine nursing care, so that in the near future cancer patients may benefit from these therapies.

Author Biographies

Adriana Cristina Nicolussi, Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM)

Enfermeira, Mestre e Doutora em Ciências pela Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto - USP. Professora Adjunto do Departamento de Enfermagem na Assistencia Hospitalar do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro. Uberaba, MG, Brasil.

Namie Okino Sawada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professor Associado da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brasil

Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo, Becton Dickinson Brasil

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermgem. Executiva de Vendas Becton Dickinson Brasil

Juliana Maria de Paula, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeira, Doutoranda da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brasil

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Published

2016-12-16

How to Cite

Nicolussi, A. C., Sawada, N. O., Cardozo, F. M. C., & Paula, J. M. de. (2016). RELAXATION WITH GUIDED IMAGERY AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 21(4). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i4.48208

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 4 (2016)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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