Compressão sobre cuidados paliativos pelos familiares de pacientes com doenças ameaçadoras à vida e em assistência paliativista

Abstract

Population aging, associated with the increase in cases of chronic diseases in recent decades, has led to an increase in the number of individuals affected by health problems with no prospect of cure. Palliative care is part of this context, addressing the patient with progressive and life-threatening diseases, as well as his family. The methodology was a meta-synthesis carried out through the search for primary studies in the Virtual Health Library based on a search strategy assembled with descriptors selected in the Descriptors in Science and Health (DeCS), with the objective of understanding the understanding of palliative care by the relatives of patients with life-threatening diseases and in palliative care. At the end of the analysis of the results, it was possible to identify the lack of understanding about palliative care by family members, as well as the understanding of being an assistance whose purpose is to promote comfort, pain relief and quality of life.