O significado das vivências e percepções de pacientes com cefaleia tipo tensional crônica em tratamento osteopático

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, Thales Frederico Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Roraima; Brasil; PRPPG - Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação; PROCISA - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde; UFRR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cefaleia tipo tensional crônica; Fisioterapia; Tratamento osteopático; Pesquisa qualitativa; Chronic tension type headache; Physiotherapy; Osteopathic treatment; Qualitative research; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufrr.br:8080/jspui/handle/prefix/716

The Chronic Tension Type Headache is one of the most common forms of primary headache. Approximately 90% of the world population have experienced or will experience some form of this illness later in life, whatever they may cause adverse physical, psychological and social. At present, the disease has been discussed by practitioners of physical therapy from their own experiences of the subject in order to give greater value to the humanizing work, allowing broaden perspectives treatment. Therefore, this study aims to understand the meaning of the experience of patients with chronic TTH in osteopathic therapy. This is an exploratory qualitative research study based on the phenomenological analysis proposed by Husserl and played by Bello, whose purpose is to understand the human being in its entirety, in the physical, mental and spiritual. The interviews were conducted from November 2012 to February 2013, in the hospital of Boa Vista; attended eight patients diagnosed with chronic TTH, aged 20-60 years. Of this group, two narrative interviews were used for the analysis of discursive material, the first before and the second after the osteopathic treatment. The results allowed the five central typological: Body and medicalization, acts of judgment and choice of therapy, Acts perceptive about the limitations on the work front CTTC, interpersonal relationships and support network, experience soon after the initial osteopathic care for CTTC. The outcomes in patients with chronic TTH showed apprehension, uncertainty about the side effects of medicines and keen insight body. Moreover, it was noticed that patients developed strategies for coping with the peculiar headache, such as retreat to an environment, with the absence of light and sound after it cooled either in a bath or compresses using the neck or head, in order to be able to sleep better, but also realize that after the osteopathic care, improved symptoms of pain, mood, fatigue, recovery of physical and cognitive abilities and relieve muscle tension.