Helena Baltar Lopes (**)
José Luis Pais Ribeiro (***)
Isabel Pereira Leal (****)
RESUMO
Neste artigo é apresentado um estudo exploratório da qualidade de vida em doentes que foram submetidas a histerectomia e/ou anexectomia para tratamento de cancro do útero ou ovário. O objectivo do trabalho é conhecer e compreender a influência desses acontecimentos na qualidade de vida das mulheres, tendo sido utilizado como instrumento de avaliação o Questionário de Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida, F-84.
Procurou-se, ainda, comparar o estado de saúde desse grupo de doentes com o estado de saúde de um grupo de mulheres «sem» doença e que não foram submetidas a nenhum tipo de cirurgia ginecológica, com o objectivo de estimar os efeitos destes acontecimentos em diferentes aspectos de saúde, avaliados através de uma medida de saúde multidimensional (Questionário de Estado de Saúde, SF-36).
São discutidos aspectos da psicologia da avaliação da qualidade de vida de doentes oncológicos, sendo questionados os resultados de estudos realizados nesta área e sugeridas hipóteses para explicar estes resultados.
]]> Palavras-chave: Cancro do ovário, cancro do útero, histerectomia, anexectomia, qualidade de vida, Questionário de Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida (F-84), Questionário de Estado de Saúde (SF-36).
ABSTRACT
In this paper we present an exploratory study on the quality of life of patients subjected to hysterectomy and/or oophorectomies for uterus or ovary cancer treatment. The main objective is to understand the influence of these events on women's quality of life, using as a evaluation instrument the F-84 Quality of Life Assessment Survey.
We also compare the patient's group health status with a group of women «without disease», that had never been subjected to any kind of gynaecological surgery, in order to estimate the effects of these events in different aspects of health, assessed with the multidimensional health scale, the SF-36 Health Survey.
Different aspects of the psychology of quality of life assessment are discussed, as well as the results of the work done in this area with cancer patients, and hypothesis are raised to explain the results.
Key words: Ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, annexohisterectomy, quality of life, the F-84 Quality of Life Assessment Survey, the SF-36 Health Survey.
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]]> (*) Estudo realizado no âmbito de mestrado com bolsa do Programa Praxis XXI.
(**) Bolseira de Doutoramento do Programa Praxis XXI.
(***) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto. Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa
(****) Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa.
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