Winning the lottery and fearing for the prize: experience of rural families surviving the mamarian neoplasm

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4485

Keywords:

Família, População rural, Neoplasias da mama, Sobrevivência, Enfermagem.

Abstract

Objective: understanding the experience of rural families who have the surviving mother/wife of breast cancer. Method: a qualitative research based on the theoretical basis of Symbolic and methodological interactionism of grounded data theory. Forty-one members of six rural families participated. The data were produced through an open interview with circular questions and the construction of the family genogram, being analyzed by the Constant Comparative Method. Results: the Theoretical Model was defined by two central categories: recognizing itself as a victorious family and (not) believing in the cure of breast cancer, symbolizing the trajectory of the experience of rural families. Conclusion: the experience can be described as a constant, interactive and integrated movement in which the family recognizes itself as victorious, which “wins the lottery” when the mother/wife is considered cured, but “fears losing the prize” due to relapse.

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Author Biographies

Claudelí Mistura, Universidade do Vale do Taquari (UNIVATES), Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Graduação em Enfermagem. Mestrado em Enfermagem. Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino da UNIVATES. Bolsista integral PROSUC/CAPES.

Nara Marilene Oliveira Girardon-Perlini, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Graduação em Enfermagem. Doutorado em Enfermagem. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da UFSM.

Margrid Beuter, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Graduação em Enfermagem. Doutorado em Enfermagem. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da UFSM.

Published

2022-11-16

How to Cite

Mistura, C., Girardon-Perlini, N. M. O., & Beuter, M. (2022). Winning the lottery and fearing for the prize: experience of rural families surviving the mamarian neoplasm. Revista De Enfermagem Do Centro-Oeste Mineiro, 12. https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4485