Vivências depressivas, ansiedade e situação de estresse de pais/cuidadores de crianças portadoras de anemia falciforme, Luanda-Angola, 2009 / Depressive experiences, anxiety and stress situation of parents nurturing children suffering from sickle

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This descriptive study, applying qualitative methods, sought to recognize the attitudes and symptoms observed in the behavior of parents nurturing children suffering sickle, as well as understand the aspects linked to family Dynamics, characterize the depressive, angiogenesis living and stress situations of this group in pediatric hospital, David Bernardino in Luanda, Angola. The population of the study is made of 25 participants, being 08 fathers whose ages fall between 25-50 years, and 17 mothers whose ages fall between 25 50 years. To gather the data, interviews were done following the interview protocol. Testing was also applied to measure the depression, anxiety and stress on the target population of the study. Thus, the study held an approval from the ethics and research committee of the school of public health USP as well as the permission of the hospital administration board and the consent of the participants as described in the terms of TCLE. The content of the interviews recorded were transcribed and organized in tables, and it was analyzed following the technique of the discourse of collective subjects. The data of the tests applied are also presented in tables and analyzed following the applied methodology. The results revealed that almost all the participants of the study symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress at different levels, emphasizing the moderate level, though with the presence of grave cases in all three; this reality witnessed was understood as the result of the suffering lived in all process of the child illness, since the display of the symptoms, the ups and downs in health care institutions to seek for diagnostic and care due to the shortage of qualified professionals and hospitals to care for sickle carriers and the continuous crises until reaching the unique hospital of reference in the country; added to this all other consequences for the family life. As final words, it is highlighted that the life experience of parents nurturing children carriers of sickle is an important phenomenon to be taken into account in dealing with the problem, since their childrens sickle interferes, directly, in their daily life and work. Another recommendation is related to the need of promoting and extending the network of this sickle health care service countrywide to reduce the high number of people who run to the unique pediatric hospital in Luanda, as well as train more people to deal with the demands of the disease.

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depressão depression family/psichology caregivers/psychology família/psicologia anemia falciforme/psicologia ansiedade cuidadores/psicologia psychological criança estresse psicológico anxiety anemia stress child sickle cell/psychology

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