Abstract

ZANONI, Anna Paula; DORO, Dra. Maribel Pelaez; ZANIS NETO, Prof. Dr. José  and  BONFIM, Dra. Carmem. The perception of adolescents submitted to Stem Cell Transplantation of their hospitalization. Rev. SBPH [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.1, pp. 136-156. ISSN 1516-0858.

This article presents the results of a research that investigated how the adolescents realize their hospitalization to go through the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Serviço de Transplante de Medula Óssea of the HC/UFPR. The phenomenological method of research was applied to analyses the answers obtained by semi-structured questions. The results was divided in two groups: 1) risk factors and difficulty in coping; 2) protective factors and resilience behaviors. The obtained data revealed that the losses were not enough to make an irrecoverable damage.

Keywords : Adolescents; Hospitalization; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

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