Causal attribution among women with breast cancer was studied. The study included 157 women outpatients with breast cancer. A form for sociodemographic and clinical data and the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) were used. The results showed that women attributed breast cancer primarily to psychological causes, which does not correspond to known multifactorial causes validated by the scientific community. Providing high quality, patient-centered care requires sensitivity to breast cancer women's beliefs about the causes of their cancer and awareness of how it can influence patient's health behaviors after diagnosis. If women with breast cancer attribute the illness to modifiable factors then they can keep a healthy lifestyle, improving their recovery and decrease the probability of cancer recurrence after diagnosis.
This study aimed to examine the causal attribution for cervical cancer for women with and without the disease. Seventy-eight (78) users from the public healthcare system participated, which were divided into: a clinical group ( Keywords: Self-regulation; cancer; causation; women's health. ResumenEl estudio buscó examinar la atribución de causas del cáncer cervical de mujeres con y sin la enfermedad. Participaron setenta y ocho (78) usuarias del sistema público de salud, que fueron divididas en: grupo clínico (GC) de mujeres con cáncer cervical, y grupo no-clínico (GNC) de mujeres sin cáncer cervical. Fue utilizado un cuestionario de datos sociodemográ-ficos y clínicos y la versión en portugués del Illness Perception Questionnaire para pacientes enfermos y personas sanas. Las respuestas fueron agrupadas en seis categorías: 1) Atribuciones psicológicas; 2) Factores de riscos comportamentales; 3) Factores biológicos; 4) Mala suerte; 5) Falta de recursos; 6) Agentes quími-cos. El GC atribuyó más causas emocionales al cáncer cervical, mientras el GNC atribuyó más causas asociadas a factores de risco comportamentales. Los resultados sugieren que mujeres con cáncer pueden culparse a sí mismas por la enfermedad. Creencias equivocadas sobre la etiología del cáncer cervical pueden perjudicar conductas de prevención y prácticas de autocuidado.Palabras clave: Auto-regulación; cáncer; causas; salud de la mujer.
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