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Preditores da qualidade de vida numa amostra de mulheres com cancro da mama
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Resumo: Objetivo: Analisar a relação das variáveis alexitimia, espiritualidade, assertividade, ansiedade,
depressão e qualidade de vida, com o objetivo de construir um modelo preditor da qualidade de vida numa amostra de mulheres com cancro de mama. Método: A amostra inclui 85 mulheres com cancro de mama dum hospital do Porto, com uma média de 47 anos e maioritariamente casadas. As doentes foram avaliadas através de 6 instrumentos de autopreenchimento: Questionário Sociodemográfico e Clínico; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Escala de Alexitimia de Toronto (TAS-20); Escala de Avaliação da Espiritualidade; Escala de Assertividade de Rathus e Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQC-30, v.3.0).
Resultados: Os resultados indicam que estas mulheres são mais alexitímicas do que a população normativa e que uma das estratégias de coping adaptativas a que recorrem é a esperança/otimismo. Não apresentam sintomatologia depressiva acentuada, sendo a componente ansiosa a mais evidente. A avaliação que apresentam em relação à sua qualidade de vida global parece ser positiva. O modelo preditor obtido exclui o efeito das crenças espirituais/religiosas e da assertividade e salienta a importância da alexitimia como fator de risco e da esperança/otimismo como fator protetor da qualidade de vida de mulheres com cancro de mama, depois de controladas as variáveis ansiedade e depressão.
Abstract: Aims: To characterize the variables alexithymia, spirituality (beliefs dimension and hope/optimism dimension) and assertiveness in the quality of life of women with breast cancer. Methodology: The sample is composed by 85 women with breast cancer from a Hospital of Porto, with an average age of 47 years old and mostly married. The patients completed 6 questionnaires: Sociodemographic and Clinical Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); Spirituality Evaluation Scale; Rathus Assertiveness Scale and The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQC-30, v.3.0). Results: The results indicate that alexithymia is negatively correlated with the hope/optimism dimension and with assertiveness and that all of these three variables are correlated to quality of life. It also demonstrates the existence of a positive correlation between age and quality of life and a negative correlation between the number of schooling years with alexithymia and beliefs dimension. The predictive model tested demonstrates the influence of alexithymia and hope/optimism dimension in the quality of life of women with breast cancer, even after controlling anxiety and depression.
Abstract: Aims: To characterize the variables alexithymia, spirituality (beliefs dimension and hope/optimism dimension) and assertiveness in the quality of life of women with breast cancer. Methodology: The sample is composed by 85 women with breast cancer from a Hospital of Porto, with an average age of 47 years old and mostly married. The patients completed 6 questionnaires: Sociodemographic and Clinical Questionnaire; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); Spirituality Evaluation Scale; Rathus Assertiveness Scale and The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQC-30, v.3.0). Results: The results indicate that alexithymia is negatively correlated with the hope/optimism dimension and with assertiveness and that all of these three variables are correlated to quality of life. It also demonstrates the existence of a positive correlation between age and quality of life and a negative correlation between the number of schooling years with alexithymia and beliefs dimension. The predictive model tested demonstrates the influence of alexithymia and hope/optimism dimension in the quality of life of women with breast cancer, even after controlling anxiety and depression.
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Cancro de mama Alexitimia Espiritualidade Assertividade Qualidade de vida Breast cancer Alexithymia Spirituality Assertiveness Quality of life
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Sousa, H., Guerra, M. P., & Lencastre, L. (2016). Preditores da qualidade de vida numa amostra de mulheres com cancro da mama. Análise Psicológica, 33(1), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.832
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Edições ISPA