Estilos defensivos en pacientes oncológicos y pacientes crónicos del la ciudad de Pamplona, Norte de Santander.

Abstract

The present research project includes the subject of defensive styles and chronic noncommunicable diseases, so the main objective was to determine the defence mechanisms in oncological patients and chronic patients in the city of Pamplona Norte de Santander. For this reason, the 88-question version of the Defensive Styles Questionnaire was used, applied to a total sample of 16 patients, 50% of whom were male and 50 female. After the analysis of the data provided, it was concluded that: 37.5% of patients who are in a treatment phase of the disease tend to make frequent or regular use of immature defense mechanisms, while 12.6% of oncological and chronic patients make use of immature defenses in the diagnostic phase. Similarly, among the defence mechanisms most used by these patients are: somatization, repression, fantasy, etc.