Condicionantes da adaptação das famílias enquanto sistema e cliente face à situação de cancro: scoping review

Translated title of the contribution: Factors influencing the adaptation of families, as systems and clients, to cancer: a scoping review

Carla Alexandra Santos*, Katia Sophie Ribeiro da Costa, Maria Jacinta Dantas, Carminda Morais

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Abstract

Background: Cancer is associated with loss and threat to life, so the emotionally charged diagnosis of cancer brings about psychological distress and suffering to individuals and families, influenced by multiple factors conditioning the adaptive processes. Objective: To determine the factors influencing family adaptation to the cancer of a family member. Review method: This scoping review followed the methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute. It included articles published between 2015 and March 2020 in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Presentation and interpretation of results: Based on the 13 articles included, this review identified the following factors influencing family adaptation to the cancer of a family member: family assessment of the event, family resources, and coping. Conclusion: Identifying these factors is essential to intervene with the families as clients and systems and promote adaptive processes in patients with cancer and their families.
Translated title of the contributionFactors influencing the adaptation of families, as systems and clients, to cancer: a scoping review
Original languagePortuguese
Article numbere20149
Number of pages10
JournalReferência
Volume2021
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Adaptation psychological
  • Cancer
  • Family
  • Review

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