Estilos de afrontamiento y estatus performance en pacientes oncológicos de la ciudad de Pamplona.

Abstract

This research project focused on coping strategies and the status Performance of the city's cancer patients, Pamplona- Colombia, by describing the consequences and factors that this entails. The descriptions of coping styles and the status performance of participants during the disease process. The changes that participants consider to have the greatest impact on day-to-day activities and the level of dependence generated from the disease were analyzed and identified. Strengthening strategies were also proposed for coping styles and functional status to improve the quality of life of patients, starting with the research question: What are the coping styles and status performance of cancer patients in the city of Pamplona? The answer to this research question was worked from a social perspective with a mixed approach. For methodological design, the type of descriptive-phenomenological study was used, which allowed to analyze and identify the basis that the subject has to deal with the problem and its condition in the functional capacity from the disease, where the most relevant coping styles were evident, such as family support and acceptance of responsibility, the loss of autonomy and functionality in the development and treatment of it, this was achieved through the collection of information through techniques such as the Semi-structured interview, non-participating observation, focus group and instruments such as the Lazarus and Folkman Confrontation Style Scale and Karnofsky Status Performance. The findings found through the research process allowed the following categories to be analyzed and understood: cancer, coping, status Performance and stress. As a result of this it was recommended to take into account the functional state and how this influences the coping styles of cancer patients in the face of the problem situation.