Functioning in women with cervical cancer in Brazil: the perspective of experts

Objective The objective of this study was to identify the perspective of the specialists about functioning in women with cervical cancer (CC). Methods A study was conducted with specialists using the Delphi methodology. The specialist contacts were found in oncology organizations and associations, a...

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Autores: Castaneda, Luciana, Bergmann, Anke, Castro, Shamyr, Koifman, Rosalina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/32022
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0100-7203&lng=pt&nrm=iso http://diadorim.ibict.br/handle/1/132
http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/32022
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pessoal de Saúde
Health Personnel
Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Sumario:Objective The objective of this study was to identify the perspective of the specialists about functioning in women with cervical cancer (CC). Methods A study was conducted with specialists using the Delphi methodology. The specialist contacts were found in oncology organizations and associations, as well as in a referral hospital in the treatment of CC. The questions that the experts answered covered the biopsychosocial domains of the International Classi fi cation of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Results Twenty- fi ve specialists participated in the study. The experts ’ responses generated 485 signi fi cant concepts. The categories that presented the highest frequencies of reporting by the specialists were health services, systems and policies; structure of the reproductive system; health professionals and sexual function. Conclusion Regarding the perception of the specialists, this study concluded that 24 categories of ICF are the most relevant in the context of functioning in women with CC. The results suggest that the biopsychosocial perspective was incorporated in the experts ’ perceptions about the functioning phenomenon in women with CC in Brazil