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0044/2018 - New possible determinants of quality of life for patients with treated thyroid cancer: a \"modern risk\"?
Possíveis novos determinantes da qualidade de vida de pacientes com câncer de tireóide tratado: um estudo qualitativo.

Author:

• Carla Maria Ramos Germano - Germano, Carla Maria Ramos - Sao Carlos, SP - <cgermano@ufscar.br>

Co-author(s):

• Debora Bonato - Bonato, Debora - <debibonato@yahoo.com.br>
• Victor Hugo Maion - Maion, Victor Hugo - <maion@terra.com.br>
• Lucimar Retto da Silva de Avó - de Avó, Lucimar Retto da Silva - <lucimar@ufscar.br>
• Débora Gusmão Melo - Melo, D.G. - São Carlos, SP - <dgmelo@ufscar.br>
• Bruno José Barcellos Fontanella - Fontanella, B.J.B. - <bruno@ufscar.br>


Abstract:

The aim of this work was to have a qualitative approach of determinant factors of the quality of life of treated patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted with individuals 18 to 45 years old about their representations and experiences with this disease, followed by statements’ content analysis. The results contain aspects already provided in structured questionnaires about quality of life, but others are partially assumed (as the management of the concept of disease etiology, the \"forced\" inclusion of patients into the medical conceptual universe, fear of the prognosis and positive changes in one\'s life style). The interpretation of these results were benefitedrecently developed theoretical elaborations: the anxieties related to illness experience seem to be configured as a \"modern risk\", in the context of a \"risk society\". Developments of structured questionnaires on quality of life require constant qualitative studies that capture changes in subjective aspects of the construct, due to the dynamics of historical, cultural and psychological meanings of the health-disease process, constantly influenced by technological innovations and successive epidemiological interpretations.

Keywords:

Qualitative research, quality of life, papillary thyroid carcinoma, adults.

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Germano, Carla Maria Ramos, Bonato, Debora, Maion, Victor Hugo, de Avó, Lucimar Retto da Silva, Melo, D.G., Fontanella, B.J.B.. New possible determinants of quality of life for patients with treated thyroid cancer: a \"modern risk\"?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Jan). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/new-possible-determinants-of-quality-of-life-for-patients-with-treated-thyroid-cancer-a-modern-risk/16577



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