Gallegos-Alvarado M, Hernández-Herrera DE

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 99-104
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Breast cancer is a devastating experience which implies situations that provoke physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual problems. The relation nurse-patient proposed by Hildergard E. Peplau is essentially the frame in which the beliefs, values, attitudes and knowledge of the patient and nurse may be used to explore and understand the dynamics of a healthy existence, where the spiritual well-being plays an important role.
Objective: To identify the spiritual well-being in breast cancer patients, in the phase of orientation through the relation nursepatient.
Methodology: Transversal, descriptive study done in 25 patients. A questionnaire based on Facit-Sp 12 that is part of the functional evaluation in oncology therapy related to the quality of life was utilized. The confidentiality was of 0.8992.
Results: The good spiritual well-being was present in 88% of the patients and the regular spiritual well-being in 12% of them.
Discussion: Acknowledgment of psychological and social implications due to chronic diseases, has lead the professionals to establish during their assistance objectives related to effective communication between health caregivers, and the patient. The most of people showed up a good spiritual well-being, and the interpersonal relationship allowed exploring and understanding beliefs, values, and attitudes, with the objective of leading to health, as a dynamic trait that allows the potential experience of physical, and social well-being that confers the opportunity of living fine and in harmony.

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