The relation between pain, support and family on the process of facing the chronic sickness

Abstract

Objective: So, this work presentes as objective to identify the perceptions related to pain in pacientes with chronic disease in a health service offered by a school clinic from a institution of University education, as well to understand the psychologic process conected to chronic disease, to verity the meaning of pain for the patients and to detect the relation between support and Family on chronic pain patients care. Method: This study show itself as a field research, with qualitative and quantitative characters. It was used as instruments the sociodemographic questionnaire, the Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory and the free assotiation. Results: of this reasearch proves the hipotesis that not always people with chronic pain understand the pain that they feel. Conclusion: This study makes it possible the construction of new research, verifying the meaning of the familiar support presence on sickness process, as well proper therapeutic for the disease treatment.