Qualidade de vida de portadores de dores crônicas em tratamento com acupuntura

Resumo

Pain is a signal of alert, common in sickness and with negative impact in people's life that search for alternative ways of relief. Acupuncture is used because of its analgesic effect. It was questioned if quality of life (QL) changes after acupuncture's beginning. The study aimed to analyse people’s QL after acupuncture treatment to chronic pain relief. It was a descriptive-analytical study carried out in an acupunture clinic of Goiânia-GO, Brazil, in January/February 2006. Data were collected using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). The answers were analysed by descriptive statistics and obtaining each SF-36 scale's score average. Most of the 35 interviewed individuals were female, catholic, with high school level. Pain's principal points were vertebral spine, limbs, joints and head. The highest scores were obtained in the General Health Scale (67.48), Mental Health Scale (65.94) and Physical Functioning Scale (65.57). The smallest scores were in Role-Physical Scale (42.14) and Bodily Pain Scale (47.54). Everyone asserted pain relief and changes in QL after acupuncture use. The highest scores indicate that the individual perception of QL of these people is positive despite pain limitations. They consider themselves healthy, living with pain in the possible manner. The smallest scores indicate areas where is necessary immediate professional intervention to enhance QL of people with chronic pain. Future studies may be conducted to amplify sample and to better understand the magnitude of the multidimensional quality of life variables.
Dolor es síntoma de alerta, común en las enfermedades y con impacto negativo en la vida de las personas, que buscan alternativas para el alivio, y la acupuntura es utilizada por el efecto analgésico. Cuestiona-se se la Calidad de sus Vidas (CV) eres alterada después del inicio de la acupuntura. Objetivou-se analizar la CV de los portadores de dolor crónica que utilizan acupuntura. Estudio descriptivo-analítico realizado en una clínica de acupuntura en Goiânia – GO, Brasil, entre enero y febrero de 2006. Dados foran colectados con el SF-36, obteniendo las medias de los escores de cada dimensión. Foran entrevistado 35 personas, mayoría mujeres, nivel medio y católicos. Principales locales de dolor: columna, miembros, articulación y cabeza. Mayor escore eres en la dimensión Estado General de la Salud (67,48) y Salud Mental (65,94), indicando necesidad de intervención profesional inmediata. Todos afirmaran haber mudanzas en la CV después del inicio de la acupuntura, con el alivio de la dolor. La despecho de la dolor crónica, las personas consideran-si bien de salud, conviviendo con ella de la manera posible. Estudios futuros deben ser realizados, objetivando la ampliación de la muestra y la comprensión de los efectos de las variables en la CV.

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Qualidade de vida, Acupuntura, Dor, Enfermagem, Quality of life, Acupuncture, Pain, Nursing, Calidad de vida, Dolor, Enfermería

Citação

BRASIL, Virginia Visconde; ZATTA, Laidilce Teles; CORDEIRO, Jacqueline Andréia Bernardes Leão; SILVA, Antonio Márcio Teodoro Cordeiro; ZATTA, Daniel Teles; BARBOSA, Maria Alves. Qualidade de vida de portadores de dores crônicas em tratamento com acupuntura. Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 2, p. 383-394, abr./jun. 2008. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/8040/5817>.