Browsing by Author "Jaramillo Macancela, Diana Elizabeth"

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Enfermedad Incurable y su Impacto en la Familia, Cuenca 2017
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2019-11-11) Jaramillo Macancela, Diana Elizabeth; Tapia Cárdenas, Jeanneth Patricia
Introduction: Family care is conceptualized as union, association, respect and dignity. Families of terminally ill patients play an essential role with communication and decision making to provide vital support to their loved one; they become the "voice" of the patient. Objective: Describe the impact of the presence of an incurable patient in the family, Cuenca 2017. Methodology: a qualitative phenomenological study was carried out, with a constructivist-interpretive paradigm based on Bertalanffy's Systems Theory. The participants were assigned through selective sampling of families in the city of Cuenca, captured in: Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Solca, First Level Units, these families have an incurable patient in their nucleus. The in-depth interview was used as a technique. The data analysis included selective coding, contextual analysis and interpretation of participants' meanings of opinions. The Atlas ti program was used to analyze the data. Results: the care of the patient with terminal illness causes a change in the life project of the family members, stronger affective bonds are generated but there is a high burden of suffering that is not always expressed by the relatives with the desire to avoid aggravating the already deteriorated state of health of the patient. After passing the crisis stage, the acceptance of the fact comes, and deep limitations, mainly of an economic nature, were also evident. It was observed that the caregivers have alterations in the state of mind which causes sadness, anxiety and different degrees of affection in their physical and psychological health. Conclusions: the incurable disease causes a crisis that is overcome with dialogue and affective ties, however it induces a deterioration in the health and well-being of the members of the family.
Influencia del dolor crónico en la calidad de vida de los pacientes con osteoartrosis y artritis reumatoidea en el Hospital del IESS, Cuenca 2004
(2006) Larriva Coronel, María Angélica; Jaramillo Macancela, Diana Elizabeth; Matute Zumba, Nube Alexandra; Rojas Reyes, Rosendo Iván; Mosquera Vallejo, Lorena
It aims to determine the influence of chronic pain in the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis Hospital IESS, Cuenca, 2004, a descriptive study was applied to the universe of 346 patients diagnosed with Atrosis and Arthritis rheumatoid between 40 and 70 years of age, attending the outpatient department of the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga in the area of Rheumatology Canton Cuenca, with a random sample intentionally of 173 patients, of which 114 have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis 30 are men and represent a 26.4, 84 are women, representing 73.6. The remaining 59 patients have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, 7 were male and represent 11.9 and 52 are women, representing 88.1. Describes several observations: In rheumatoid arthritis occurs at an average of 49 years (range 41 to 50); Osteoatrosis an average of 51 years (int. 51 to 60) Osteoarthritis is more common in 2 1. of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, the 55,9corresponde the range of 5 to 10 years, compared to 44,1que is more 10 years; In osteoarthritis there is a 68,42en a period of 5-10 years compared to 31,57que is more than 10 years. Chronic pain affecting the quality of life, some additional data are recorded