TITLE:
Child Oncology and Hospital Recreation
AUTHORS:
Conceição de Maria Lima Nascimento, Erenice Conceição de Almeida Barbosa, Brunna Rafaella Do Carmo Silva, Karoline Queiroz Martins Almeida de Araújo, Gilzandra Lira Dantas Florencio, Ana Carla Gomes Canário, Paulo Francisco de Almeida Neto
KEYWORDS:
Ludic Activity, Hospital, Children, Recreation, Playful, Cancer
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
21,
2019
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Hospital Recreation (HR) aims to reduce disasters
caused by hospital admission. Objectives: To expose the behavior of
children in cancer treatment (CA) during HR,
and to verify which recreational activities generate the most adherence. Methods: The research is an experimental clinical trial of a non-probabilistic and intentional sample,
with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Participants were 43
children (both sexes), with CA, admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Oncology
Center—PHOC. The mean age of the children in fact was 7.5 years,
and the data of mean and standard deviation between parenthood confer with the
data of the results found during the research. The study lasted 12 weeks, with
38 sessions lasting 3 hours. Using games of
activity: cognitive, manipulative, perceptive, creative and cooperative.
Inclusion criteria: 1) being hospitalized in the PHOC, of the city of Natal; 2)
being released by the medical team to participate in the
activities. Children who were on special care in the ICU were excluded from the
study. The behavior of the children was
evaluated by the observation matrix proposed by Urie Bonfenbrenner,
approached by Krebs and Koller. At the end of the research, an interview was
made with patients about the HR experience. Results: In the subjects the
molecular behavior showed relevance of ~50%, and the cooperative of ~80% in
relation to HR, and the cognitive activities showed an adhesion index of ~90%. Conclusion:
The participants showed greater adherence in the cognitive activities, and the
predominance of the molecular behavior in relation to hospital recreation,
highlighting the cooperative behavior among the
individuals. In this way, the activities of HR can complement conventional
medical treatment.