Contributions to the Nursing, Health, or Public Policy Areas
cervical cancer, anxiety, pain
CERVICAL CANCER
Our study contributes significantly to the field of nursing by demonstrating complementary techniques for clinical practice, as well as promoting the autonomy of professionals in implementing safe and low-cost interventions. In addition to the psychometric evidence of our findings, we highlight the frequent satisfactory reports from participants (not included in the scope of this research). We reflect that it is a viable intervention that could be made protocol available in this and other institutional realities.For the health field, we highlight the possibilities of promoting quality of life by minimizing the deleterious effects of anxiety on the health of women with cervical cancer undergoing radiochemotherapy treatment. In the future, pragmatic studies could evaluate outcomes related to pain and the use of antidepressants in this population.