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Rayla Maria Pontes Guimarães Costa1, Marcia Astrês Fernandes2, Ivete Palmira Sanson Zagonel3
1Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil.
Objective:
to understand the transitional processes that affect the adaptation of people who live with limitations resulting from leprosy.
Methods:
This is a qualitative study based on the precepts of Transition Theory, mediated by care-research, with 24 people with limitations resulting from leprosy in an ex-hospital colony in Piauí. Semi-structured interviews were carried out. The interviews were analyzed using Iramuteq software.
Results:
the researched-caregivers experienced the four types of transitions, including feelings of fear, worry, loneliness, hopelessness, guilt and a tendency to hide the diagnosis. Breakdowns and resignation were revealed, with spirituality, adaptation to the new life situation and acceptance as facilitating conditions for coping with the transitional process, with a consequent improvement in quality of life.
Final Considerations:
the transitional processes had a positive significance, since they contributed to adaptation and the achievement of quality of life.
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