CHANGES IN THE EVERYDAY OF THE ADOLESCENT WITH CHRONIC CONDITION AND OF HIS FAMILIARS: A REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS

Objective: To reflect on the modifications in the pattern of everyday life of adolescent with chronic disease and of their relatives after the diagnosis. Development: The experience of adolescents and their relatives with regard to the chronic disease are permeated by different feelings, guided, mainly with the coexistence stage with the disease. The diagnostic time is described as hard and painful. Afterwards the awareness occurs about the necessity of modifying lifestyle and the behaviors, to recover and maintenance the quality of a greater life, which evokes a feeling of “life goes on”. In all over the adaptive process, healthcare professionals possess a crucial role in the humanized host to the adolescents and their family. Final Considerations: The alterations of the daily adolescents with chronic disease and their relatives point for the need of an attendance in more qualified health with views to facilitate the living with the initial moment and adaptation to the new routine.