Abstract

OTTATI, FERNANDA  and  PINHATARI SOUZA CAMPOS, MARIANA. QUALITY OF LIFE AND COPING STRATEGIES IN THE TREATMENT OF ONCOLOGIC PATIENTS. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.2, pp.103-111. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/ACP.2014.17.2.11.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perception of quality of life and coping strategies in people undergoing chemotherapy. Participants were 42 patients, 22 (52.4 %) women and 20 (47.6 %) men, mean age 57 years old (M = 57.07; SD = 13,269). The instruments used were the Problem Coping Strategies Scale- [EMEP, for its Portuguese acronym] and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Results indicate that patients who are in the initial phase of treatment make greater use of strategies that modify or alter the stressor (oncologic treatment) in order to control or cope better with the situation and be more involved in religious or imaginary practices that help in the process of coping with thoughts. Data affirm the importance of the relationship between the constructs, which, when used effectively, promote significant results in the patient's life and their adaptation to the disease and treatment.

Keywords : quality of life; psychosocial oncology; cancer; coping; chemotherapy.

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