Experience in a rehabilitation center for mastectomized women at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2021 May 19;42(spe):e20200331. doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200331. eCollection 2021.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: Describe the experience lived in an interdisciplinary follow-up care center for mastectomized women at a public university in São Paulo during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Experience report on the health care provided in the health center for mastectomized women.

Results: The care was provided three times a week by an interdisciplinary health team. The mentioned areas that cover the women care in the center: Physical, Psychological, Social Support and Health Education.

Conclusions: The attention by an interdisciplinary team becomes prevalent in the care of mastectomized women, since cancer and its treatment produce various changes in women's lives in the short and long term, so follow-up and support must be biopsychosocial, covering all areas that may be affected, especially during the pandemic.

Publication types

  • Personal Narrative

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brazil
  • Breast Cancer Lymphedema / etiology
  • Breast Cancer Lymphedema / psychology
  • Breast Cancer Lymphedema / rehabilitation*
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Female
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy / adverse effects
  • Mastectomy / psychology
  • Mastectomy / rehabilitation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics*
  • Patient Care Team*
  • Rehabilitation Centers*
  • Social Support