Construção de um modelo teórico sobre o cuidar da pessoa com tuberculose na perspectiva da Grounded theory

Abstract

Grounded theory enables the construction of a substantive theory, abstracting data from cases to concepts, converting them into a set of statements that elucidate events. This article aims to describe the elaboration of a theoretical model about the process of care of the person with tuberculosis, based on the methodological assumptions of Grounded Theory, according to Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin. The number of participants was given by sampling and theoretical saturation, giving rise to four sample groups, through questioning and comparative analysis of the data. Collection and analysis occurred simultaneously. In the coding, we had: open coding; axial encoding, regrouping concepts around the common subject, the categories and subcategories originated; and with the refinement and integration of the categories, we came to the selective codification, and construction of the theoretical model. The theoretical model elaborated constitutes a representation of the phenomenon "taking care of the person with tuberculosis in basic health care". In this model, the categories referring to the causal conditions, the interveners, the contexts, the actions / interactions and the consequences of this phenomenon