O significado da dor para mulheres em braquiterapia ginecológica: abordagem fenomenológica na consulta de enfermagem

Objective: The study’s goal has been to identify the perception of pain for women in gynecological brachytherapy in nursing consultation. Methods: It a qualitative study, carried out from February to November 2012, supported in the approach of the Sociological Phenomenology Comprehensive Alfred Schutz. Participants were thirteen women over eighteen years submitted to gynecological brachytherapy two radiotherapy services located in Rio de Janeiro and another in Sao Paulo. Results: One characteristic that emerged from the statements referred to pain in gynecological brachytherapy, in which women revealed the desire to overcoming it. Conclusion: This desire is independent of age and level of education; it is common to all and coming from the living with cancer. What changes is the way it is presented and its intensity, which vary according to the uniqueness of each subject