Qualidade de vida e toxicidade aguda por radiação em pacientes com câncer de colo do útero, de endométrio e de mama submetidas à radioterapia

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Silveira, Caroline Freitas
• Orientador(a): Silva, Sueli Riul da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Atenção à Saúde
• Departamento: Atenção à Saúde das Populações
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Neoplasias do colo do útero; Neoplasias do endométrio; Neoplasias da mama; Radioterapia; Toxicidade aguda; Qualidade de vida
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Uterine cervical neoplasms; Endometrial neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Acute toxicity; Quality of Life
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM
• Link de acesso: http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/115

Treatments for cancer of the cervix, endometrial cancer and breast cancer, vary and are established after staging. The radiation reaches all types of biological material, so, it also affects normal tissues. Adverse effects to the adjacent healthy tissues that were irradiated are classified as acute toxicities and directly affect the levels of quality of life (QoL) of these patients. The overall objective of this study was to assess quality of life and degree of acute radiation toxicity in patients with cervical cancer, breast cancer and endometrial cancer in radiotherapy. Quantitative, descriptive, prospective, longitudinal study was conducted at the Radiotherapy Service of the General Hospital in Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro (RT/HC/UFTM). To collect data, were used three instruments: one for knowledge of the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients, the Acute Radiation Morbidity Scoring Criteria of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire version 3.0. Data were processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. In the analysis was used simple frequency distribution, mean comparison, and Spearman correlation. The group was consisted of 16 women aged 34 to 75 years old, coming from Uberaba (Brazil), incomplete primary education and a home, with personal income up to the minimum Brazilian salary. The degree of toxicity was higher and in less time for patients with cervical cancer and endometrial cancer and the number of women who had grade three was higher in this group. On the other hand, was largest the number of women who had grade one and higher the length of time between the grade zero and the advancing degrees of toxicity. The QoL presented by the group was considered good. The most affected function was emotional function, the symptom with the higher average was fatigue and the symptom that reached higher maximum value was diarrhea. The lack of statistical difference between the measures of QoL scores obtained in the first and last week may indicate that radiotherapy did not affect the QoL of these women.