Motivational interviewing in the social support of caregivers of patients with breast cancer in chemotherapy.

Carla Monique Lopes Mourão,Deborah Pedrosa Moreira,Mariana Cavalcante Martins,Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes

doi:10.1590/s1980-220x2017001803268

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-220x2017001803268

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Abstract

To evaluate the effects of motivational interviewing for the change of social support behavior of caregivers of breast cancer patients in chemotherapy. A quasi-experimental study conducted with women in chemotherapy for breast cancer and their respective caregivers. The intervention of Brief Motivational Interviewing was applied to the caregivers indicated by patients in four individual sessions with weekly intervals and duration of 30 minutes each. The social support behavior was evaluated by women before and after the intervention through the Social Support Scale. Eighteen women and 18 caregivers participated in the study. The social support of women was higher for both the emotional and the instrumental dimensions of the Social Support Scale after the intervention of Brief Motivational Interviewing with caregivers. These findings contribute to the clinical practice of several professional categories in the use of low-cost intervention strategies for improvement of the quality of life during and after treatment of women with breast cancer. The intervention positively promoted behavioral change by improving the social support provided by caregivers to breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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Breast cancer is associated with several risk factors, including aging, family history of cancer and late menopause.,the modification in the population’s lifestyle, especially the adoption of unhealthy living habits, significantly influences the increase of cancer in the world population
Eighteen women in chemotherapy for breast cancer and 18 caregivers of the respective interviewed women participated in the study
The results showed a higher social support to women after the intervention for both the emotional and instrumental dimensions

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Breast cancer is associated with several risk factors, including aging, family history of cancer and late menopause (after age 50).,the modification in the population’s lifestyle, especially the adoption of unhealthy living habits, significantly influences the increase of cancer in the world population. Except for Asian countries, the incidence of breast cancer tends to increase progressively from the age of 40. According to Brazilian data, mortality increases progressively with age. In the female population aged under 40 years, there are less than 20 deaths per 100,000 women, while in the age group from 60 years, the risk is more than doubled[1]. Cancer treatment requires the combination of more than one therapeutic method, which increases the possibility of healing, decreases anatomical losses, and preserves the aesthetics and function of compromised organs[2]

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