Frente al cuidador: Importancia de las estrategias de afrontamiento en la toma de decisiones de pacientes oncológicos de 30 a 78 años en el sector de Solanda, sur de Quito en el periodo de enero a junio del 2025

Abstract

The present research sought to identify the relationship between caregivers, decision-making, coping strategies, and how these factors influence patients diagnosed with cancer. To achieve this, literature related to the topic was reviewed, addressing each of these dimensions independently with the aim of articulating them. Thus, the proposal of this study is innovative, as it focuses on the reality of Ecuador specifically the city of Quito and was developed from a psychological perspective, in contrast to the bibliographic sources that informed this work, which largely stem from fields such as medicine, nursing, and sociology, among others, and from international contexts.