Meanings of the cardiac surgery for patients who were submitted to the surgical process

Authors

  • Shana Hastenpflug Wottrich Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Alberto Manuel Quintana Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo Moré Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i1.29434

Keywords:

clinical health psychology, surgery, meaning.

Abstract

This study aimed at understanding the meanings assigned to the cardiac surgery by patients who had
undergone the surgical process. Thirteen patients submitted to surgery participated in the study and
semi-structured interviews and auto-photography were used for data collection. Data was
qualitatively analyzed, based on content analysis, together with image analysis, evidencing that
meanings attributed to the cardiac surgery concerned the surgical experience as generating suffering,
feelings of depersonalization and abandonment, imminent fear of death and strangeness concerning
the body. We highlight the need for health professionals who are part of the health care team of such
patients to recognize such meanings asigned by them to the surgical procedure.

Author Biographies

Shana Hastenpflug Wottrich, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Alberto Manuel Quintana, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Centro de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo Moré, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia

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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Wottrich, S. H., Quintana, A. M., Moré, C. L. O. O., & Oliveira, S. G. (2016). Meanings of the cardiac surgery for patients who were submitted to the surgical process. Interação Em Psicologia, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i1.29434

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research Reports

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