Abstract
People with oncological disease demonstrate, in addition to the side effects of the treatments, the future uncertainties and suffering, having this pathology an impact on self-image, in interpersonal relationships, the meanings and ways of life. We design the quasi-experimental study with the aim to evaluate the effect of the massage therapy on a sample of 31 suffering cancer patients, 16 of the experimental group and the control group 15. For the operationalization of the independent variable a protocol of massage therapy advocated by Tiffany Field was used and Hernandez-Reif uses the inventory of subjective Experiences suffering in illness (IESSD). The massage therapy was proved beneficial on psychological dimension (p p = 0.001), existential (p p = 0.005) and suffering (p < 0.001). Our purpose with this study is not only that health professionals use this intervention, and that these results encourage the scientific community, in carrying out future research in this pathology and other chronic diseases.
Highlights
The pain reaches the integrity of the human being, encompassing the physical, and the cognitive, social and emotional aspects [1]
The positive experiences of suffering significant difference occurs in the control group (p = 0.146; p = 0.042)
Comparative analysis of the values found for the measures of central tendency we can say that the data show that patients undergoing therapeutic massage showed decreases more evident than the control group
Summary
The pain reaches the integrity of the human being, encompassing the physical, and the cognitive, social and emotional aspects [1]. To Mcintyre [4] this is a complex process that aims to integrate psicoafectiva of signs and symptoms with the cognitive assessment of threats, depending on this the meanings assigned by the person. Taking into account this scope the ICN States that are suffering long-term great pity feelings related to martyrdom and the need to withstand devastating conditions and the NCCN [5] defines suffering with a psychological (cognitive, behavioral State and emotional), social and/or spiritual that can interfere with the ability of the patient’s adaptation in the face of cancer, the symptoms and the treatment. According to the CIPE, suffering is a negative emotion, because it encompasses feelings long associated with the martyrdom and the need of having to tolerate devastating conditions such as pain, psychological stress, bad reputation and injustice (NCI)
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