Vetra. Artefacto para la disminución de dolor físico en las actividades diarias de pacientes con cáncer de cuello uterino

Patients with cervical cancer in Latin America must suffer a series of daily bodily difficulties due to the pain caused by the side effects of the treatments for the disease. These women have been forced to stop their daily activities due to a series of physical symptoms that affect them emotionally...

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Autores:
Vargas Atará, Paula Vanessa
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2021
Institución:
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Repositorio:
Repositorio UAN
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/6302
Acceso en línea:
http://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/6302
Palabra clave:
Artefacto
Disminución De Dolor Físico
Actividades Diarias
Pacientes
Cáncer De Cuello Uterino
745.2
Artifact
Physical Pain Reduction
Daily Activities
Patients
Cervical Cancer
Rights
openAccess
License
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Description
Summary:Patients with cervical cancer in Latin America must suffer a series of daily bodily difficulties due to the pain caused by the side effects of the treatments for the disease. These women have been forced to stop their daily activities due to a series of physical symptoms that affect them emotionally. In order to respond to this need, a methodological construction is made from fragments of different authors that allows to obtain a personalized methodology for the project. Additionally, in order to understand more closely these ailments and needs of patients, interviews and surveys were conducted to understand their corporeality. As a result, Vetra is a device of physical assistance that thanks to its functions manages to reduce cancer pain and thus facilitate daily tasks, in addition to contributing to the improvement of the personal perception of each woman.