Estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por mujeres ante el diagnóstico de cáncer de mama en la ciudad de Cúcuta – estudio de caso.

Abstract

Diseases, such as breast cancer, is one of the public health problems that most disturbs the population, affecting millions of people living with the disease, threatening the physical and mental health of the affected person, due to the impact that must face the physiological, economic, sociocultural and psychological stressors for the adaptation of their new condition, so the present research aims to describe the coping strategies of two women with breast cancer at the time of diagnosis in the Cúcuta city, from a qualitative perspective, providing tools to strengthen these strategies for a better quality of life. It was carried out under the qualitative approach with a phenomenological design, which means that the researcher collects life stories and different experiences of certain people in order to describe and analyze them; in a sample two average adults of the city of Cúcuta, that are with this disease or in remission. Information gathering techniques such as in-depth interviews, participant observation and life history were applied, which allowed us to obtain as a result that breast cancer patients use the different coping strategies according to the support received from their relatives and the strength they have to get ahead, in this research there is a greater degree of use in coping strategy focused on emotional intelligence.