Influence of the problem-oriented program of physical rehabilitation on the type of attitude to the disease in women with postmastektomy syndrome

Abstract

The investigation of the types of attitudes toward diseases is an integral part of developing a specific psychological and physical rehabilitation program for patients with different diseases. Objective: We aimed to determine the types of attitude changes toward the disease in women with post-mastectomy syndrome via the influence of a problem-oriented program of physical rehabilitation. Methods: theoretical analysis of scientificmethodic literature data; Internet and empirical data; sociological methods (surveys); mathematical statistical methods. Materials: In total, 50 women were involved in the research, and the women exhibited early symptoms of post-mastectomy syndrome. The study was conducted during their stationary rehabilitation stage after they underwent a radical mastectomy by Madden. Results: We revealed attitudes that included a relatively adequate adaptation and those that were accompanied by symptoms of psychological maladjustment (intra- and interpsychical). The intra-pychical mental maladjustment attitudes included anxiousness and a neurasthenic and diffuse response toward the disease. For maladjustments with an inter-psychical orientation, the presence of sensitive and egocentric attitudes toward the disease were observed. Conclusions: The results indicate that the developed problem-oriented program for the physical rehabilitation of women with post-mastectomy syndrome increases the number of women with a rational attitude toward the disease and reduces inter- and intra-psychic mental maladjustment compared with traditional physical rehabilitation.