O brincar no contexto do internamento hospitalar de crianças e adolescentes: percepções dos cuidadores.

Abstract

Childhood represents a fundamental stage in human development, in which children and adolescents explore and recognize the environment around them, and the act of playing comprises an action relevant to motor, mental and social development in this stage, constituting one of the ways of communication that allows actively express feelings, anxieties and frustrations. This project aims to evaluate the perceptions of caregivers of children and adolescents hospitalized in the pediatric ward of the University Hospital Alcides Carneiro about the hospital toy library. Methods: An exploratory descriptive research with a qualitative approach was carried out in the pediatric ward of the University Hospital Alcides Carneiro (HUAC), located in the city of Campina Grande, which receives children and adolescents for admission in the age group from zero to seventeen. In order to construct the sociodemographic profile, a questionnaire was initially applied with closed questions, and then an argument was made through an interview guide with guiding questions. Results: Eight interviews were conducted with caregivers of children and adolescents. The interviews were closed when the criterion of theoretical satire was reached. After analyzing the speeches of the interviewees, two thematic categories were taken: Hospital playground: Space that amuses and alleviates the stress of hospitalization and The differential of play space in the context of hospitalization. Final considerations: This study reinforces that playing is an essential tool for the care of hospitalized children and adolescents. The environment of the hospital toy library facilitates coping with the different situations associated with hospitalization.