Abstract
Abstract Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Brazil and one of the positive features in the care of cancer patients is the professional-patient bond; however, due to the complexity of the disease, these professionals may develop occupational stress. This study investigated the perception of the bond and occupational stress of professionals who deal with cancer patients. Forty professionals from the surgical clinic and onco-hematology service at a hospital answered a questionnaire about bonding and stress at work. The results showed a greater perception frequency of the therapeutic bond, the same type identified as ideal. The onco-hematology team exhibited higher scores than the surgical clinic team in the perception of the bond and of the ideal therapeutic bond. The average occupational stress level of the participants was 2.08 (moderate), with no difference between the two teams. The power of health work models that use the bond between health professionals and cancer patients as a care technology stands out.
Highlights
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Brazil and one of the positive features in the care of cancer patients is the professional-patient bond; due to the complexity of the disease, these professionals may develop occupational stress
The significant levels of the mean difference between the two groups are shown. It appears that there was no difference between the groups in the variables age, time after graduation, time working in the hospital, time working with cancer patients, level of work stress (WSS)
The findings of this study are in line with the results found by other authors, since both groups exhibited a moderate level of stress, which may be the result of the homogeneity sought with the matching by profession in the two teams and with the similarity of working conditions, since the two teams worked in the same hospital, and being immersed in the particularities of the organizational culture of the hospital investigated
Summary
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Brazil and one of the positive features in the care of cancer patients is the professional-patient bond; due to the complexity of the disease, these professionals may develop occupational stress. Data from the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, Unified Health System) showed that neoplasms were the third leading cause of hospitalization in the country from 2002 to 2012 (Oliveira, Malta, Guauche, Moura, & Silva, 2015) In this connection, data from the Oncology Observatory in 2016, directed by the Associação Brasileira de Leucemia e Linfoma (Brazilian Association of Leukemia and Lymphoma), suggest that deaths from neoplasms have been increasing at a faster rate than deaths from cardiovascular diseases and that they will be the main cause of deaths in Brazil from 2028-2029 (Matarazzo, 2016). Considering this projection, it is expected that oncology spending will increase exponentially, so that cancer causes a major demand for investment in health policies at all levels (Ministério da Saúde, 2011)
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