Câncer, mulher, obesidade: discursos sociais

Abstract

Breast cancer and obesity are chronic diseases of high prevalence among women in Brazil. These conditions interfere with the complete physical, mental and social wellbeing of women. Obesity adversely affects the prognosis of patients treated with breast cancer and the woman's relationship with her body. In this sense, the search for health needs to be understood by professionals who care that the same way that the different discourses that emerge from these women during the treatment group. This study, then, aims to determine the prevalence of obesity in the group of women treated for breast cancer by using anthropometric measurements in therapeutic period, and in front of the physical activity behavior. To this end, this dissertation is presented in the form of three articles: the first, entitled "Prevalence of obesity in women treated for breast cancer in a UNACOM in Juiz de Fora", aimed to determine the prevalence of pre-obese and obese the second article in this group, under the title "Association between anthropometric variables and treatment for breast cancer", aimed to verify the change in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) - measured before the start of adjuvant treatment and one year after the end of radiotherapy - and the association of this variation with the treatment of breast cancer. The group analyzed remained overweight and obese throughout the healing process, an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and a poor prognosis. In the above two articles, the methodology was quantitative by calculating the frequencies, means and standard deviations. Chi-square test were used to assess the association between anthropometric variables and factors related to cancer and the "T" paired Student test to identify the difference of the variables before and after treatment, respectively. In the third article, presented under the title "My body with cancer restricted by physical activity", we sought to analyze the discourses of women in interviews during treatment in relation to physical / bodily activity, the information given by the multidisciplinary team on the damage that cancer and its treatment and bring the benefits of practicing a physical activity / body health. It was found, therefore, a deficiency of information and communication by healthcare promoting treatment and care of the health of the group under study. The physical / bodily activity is an effective intervention that should be propagated as positive intervention in the pursuit of a healthy body and how to improve the prognosis with breast cancer strategy, since the patients were overweight or obese throughout treatment.