SELF CARE AMONG WOMEN WITH FAMILY FACTOR OF BREAST CANCER

Abstract

This is a prospective descriptive study that aimed to identify, among daughters and sisters of women withbreast cancer, the knowledge of the risk for this cancer and which self care practices they have adopted. Data werecollected by the application of a formulary in sisters or daughters of the participant women from the Woman with BreastCancer Project, in the period of 2004-2007. Of the 20 women interviewed, 14 were daughters, 5 sisters and one was daugtherand sister of women with breast cancer, the average age was of 35 years, alphabetized, 75% of them reported they hadreceived some orientation about preventive aspects; 65% of them carry out both the self-examination and the clinicalexamination of the breasts; 25% had made mammography and base ultrasonography. The health professional must knowhow to approach the woman with family history of mammary neoplasm to stimulate strategies that might allow theadoption of self-care practices.

Keywords

• Breast cancer
• Self-care
• Risk group
• Nursing