10.6084/m9.figshare.11609925.v1 Shana Hastenpflug Wottrich Shana Hastenpflug Wottrich Alberto Manuel Quintana Alberto Manuel Quintana Valéri Pereira Camargo Valéri Pereira Camargo Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck “Manifestations of the Heart”: Meanings Attributed to the Disease by Pre-surgical Cardiac Patients SciELO journals 2020 health psychology heart cardiovascular diseases cardiac pre-surgical patients 2020-01-15 04:42:28 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/_Manifestations_of_the_Heart_Meanings_Attributed_to_the_Disease_by_Pre-surgical_Cardiac_Patients/11609925 <p></p><p>ABSTRACT This study aimed to explore the meanings attributed to the cardiac disease by pre-surgical outpatients in the South of Brazil. It is a clinical and qualitative study, characterized as exploratory and descriptive. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and auto-photography, proposed to 15 individuals. The use of thematic analysis resulted in the following categories which emerged: Confrontation with the disease: questioning existing knowledge, denial of the disease, disease and work, and ruptured sexuality. Results highlighted difficulties of the participants in regards to the appropriation of the disease condition as well as its acceptance. This result points out the need for health care actions that may help cardiac pre-surgical patients to restructure their possibilities of life.</p><p></p>