Estrategias de afrontamiento en hijos entre 23 y 30 años de personas diagnosticadas con cáncer que han asistido a un centro oncológico de la ciudad de Quito en el periodo 2022 – 2023

Abstract

Cancer, represents the first cause of death worldwide (OMS, 2016). Every day a greater number of people are affected by this disease, in 2020 almost 10 million deaths were attributed to cancer and it is probably one of the events that can provoque crisis situations in families. This study investigation contains an analysis of the coping strategies of the members of the nuclear family that make up the filial subsystem (children) between the ages of 23 and 30 years diagnosed with cancer. In order to fulfill the proposed objectives, was used a descriptive qualitative methodology, which allowed us to understand the experiences of the participants, a total of five interviewes, four women and one man. For the data collection the used instruments were CAE questionnaire prepared by Lazarus and Folkman, a theory that was decisive for this investigation, were used. Semi-structured interviews and GENOPRO software for the execution of the genogram.