Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/49105
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: What haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients think about health and oral care: a qualitative study in a brazilian health service
Authors: Suellen da Rocha Mendes
Maria Elisa de Souza e Silva
Josélia de Oliveira Araújo Firmo
Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de Abreu
Abstract: Differences in the perceptions of treatment between healthcare team and patients should be identified, aiming to provide a more humanised health care. We sought to understand and evaluate the concepts regarding oral health and dental care among haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients, from both sexes, in the post-haematopoietic stem cell transplant stage, who underwent dental treatment. All interviews were recorded and transcribed, respecting the spelling and syntax used by the interviewees. A thematic content analysis was performed, and three themes were assessed: what is oral health, why was pre-transplant dental treatment performed, and what was the relevance of dental treatment for the haematopoietic stem cell transplant. Oral health was understood as the act of dental care through oral hygiene. The reason for performing prior dental treatment involves strict guidelines for transplants, and when questioned as to the importance of the dental treatment for transplants, the interviewed subjects’ statements focused on the prevention of infections during the low-immunity stage. The individuals saw dental treatment as a step towards a successful transplant; their main concerns were not to re-establish their oral health, but rather to end the dental treatment as quickly as possible.
Subject: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Oral health
Dental care
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOLOGIA RESTAURADORA
FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOLOGIA SOCIAL E PREVENTIVA
Rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12851
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/49105
Issue Date: 2018
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecc.12851
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: European Journal of Cancer Care
Appears in Collections:Artigo de Periódico

Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.