Equivalencia-equivalencia y discriminaciones condicionales de segundo grado

Abstract

Breast cancer prevalence in many developing nations such as those in Latin America continues to grow at a pace that deserves serious attention, since cancer accounts for high morbidity and mortality rates among relatively young women (LaVecchia & Bosetti, 2005). From a clinical standpoint, breast cancer patients suffer not only from the symptoms of cancer itself but from side-effects of invasive treatments (Burish, Shartner & Lyles, 1981; Donovan, Small, Andrykowski, Munster & Jacobsen, 2007; Falleti, Sanfilippo, Maruff, Weih, & Phillips, 2005). In addition to dealing with distress, the home-care component of breast cancer treatment demands complex routines and behaviors which patients with little or no schooling and other socioeconomic disadvantages have serious difficulty implementing. The purpose of the present study was to field test a behavioral self recording procedure with the first six patients who completed treatment, and to probe preliminary effects of a behavioral intervention to support healthcare and reduce distress. Results point toward a reliable, low-cost and practical recording system; as well as improvement in most behavioral and emotional categories for practically all participants.