O impacto do estresse no cotidiano dos familiares e cuidadores de crianças em tratamento de câncer

Abstract

The process of hospitalization of the child tends to be a traumatic event for the whole family, especially when it comes to serious illness and stigma as it is full of childhood cancer, whose treatment usually involves a long hospitalization and prolonged care that cause changes in the daily life of the patient and also of his family The illness and the hospitalization cause changes in the patients’ routine and also in his family, because in these circumstances people tend to stop practicing their usual activities, creating a complex and difficult crisis between the patient and the family. So that not only the patient, but also the relatives need guidance and attention, seen that, the family routine destroys itself at the moment they spend more time taking care of the patient than of themselves. As a result, many times the job might be compromised and your life as a whole. Despite the small literature about this subject, is known that the occupational therapy through a wide and humanized approach directs its practices to the confrontation and resolution of patients and family’s difficulties. Thus, this final graduation work consists as a theme for the contribution to the occupational therapy to qualify the routine of relatives of people in hospitalization process.