MECANISMOS DE ENFRENTAMENTO DESENCADEADOS POR PACIENTES EM SITUAÇÕES ESTRESSORAS: CIRURGIA AMBULATORIAL COPING MECANISM BY SURGICAL PATIENTS IN STRESS SITUATIONS: AMBULATORY SURGERY MECANISMOS DE ENFRENTAMIENTO PRESENTADOS POR PACIENTES EN SITUANCIONES DE ESTRÉS: QUIRURGIA AMBULATORIAL

Analytic, descriptive study with a quantitative and qualitative approach, that identify the most used coping mechanisms and the feelings of the surgical patients by the analysis of their responses before the surgery. The research was developed in Ambulatorial Surgery Unit in the county of Rio de Janeiro, between June and December of 2012, with a semistructured interview. Participated on this study 12 patients between 16 and 74 years old. Through the analysis of the data, 2 cathegories were elaborated, emphasizing the religion and the family's support as adaptive mechanisms during the surgical period. Most of the patients that undergo ambulatorial surgeries were not well informed about the procedure and the pre-operatory care. Therefore, an strategy must be created to give the nursing orientation of the pre-operatory.