Coping da hospitalização em crianças com câncer: a importância da classe hospitalar

Abstract

Estudos de Psicologia I Campinas I 32(4) I 627-639 I outubro -dezembro 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-166X2015000400006 AbstractHospitalization affects children's behavior, and it is dealt with through children's coping strategies. This study aims to describe the hospitalization coping strategies adopted by children with cancer, analyzing the importance of the Hospital School. Eighteen children with cancer, aged between 6 and 12, participated in the study. The children were evaluated using the Computerized Instrument for Assessing Hospitalization Coping Strategies and their parents responded to the Child Behavior Checklist (6-18 years). The most common behaviors referred to were playing, talking, watching TV, taking medication, studying, feeling angry, and blackmailing. The most common strategies identified were rumination and distraction. The children highlighted the importance of the Hospital School as a way to continue their learning process and education. The sample's coping patterns revealed behaviors and strategies that were favorable to coping with hospitalization during the Hospital School period, which indicated possible benefits for children undergoing cancer treatment.

Câncer infantil: uma análise do impacto do diagnóstico

“…This information contrasts with that reported in previous studies using AEH in children with cancer (Hostert, Motta, & Enumo, 2015), since becoming discouraged was among the children's most frequent responses. In this study, the focus was on the time of diagnosis, in which responses to suffering, measured in terms of psychosocial risk, are also more frequently presented.…”

“…A treatment's negative effects, as well as imminent painful procedures, may have contributed to the occurrence of emotional responses, such as sadness and fear, measured by the AEH, the justifications of which indicated the presence of rumination and intrusive thinking strategies, which represent the coping macro-category "submission". This information has been found in previous studies employing the AEH, which are unanimous in stating that the presence of these strategies, even in the face of a behavioral repertoire that includes adaptive strategies, indicate the need for interventions over time focused on coping (Hostert, Motta, & Enumo, 2015).…”

“…Studies investigating coping strategies among children with cancer during different phases of treatment verified that distraction and rumination are the coping strategies most frequently reported by children (Hostert, Motta, & Enumo, 2015). There is a gap in the Brazilian literature specifically concerning studies conducted in the period immediately after diagnosis; i.e., there are no studies seeking to understand coping among children during this phase of the process.…”

Coping materno da Síndrome de Down: identificando estressores e estratégias de enfrentamento

“…No Brasil, estudos têm procurado investigar o enfrentamento na perspectiva da TMC com diferentes populações, como o enfrentamento de mães diante da cardiopatia congênita de seus bebês (Gonçalves, Reis, & Vicente, 2015); de profissionais de saúde diante da morte fetal (Cravinho & Cunha, 2015); do tratamento de câncer em crianças Hostert, Motta, & Enumo, 2015;Motta & Enumo, 2010). Nessa perspectiva, para a compreensão das Estratégias de Enfrentamento, também é preciso considerar a natureza do estressor com o qual se está lidando, já que pode ter para o indivíduo um caráter de desafio ou ameaça às necessidades psicológicas: competência, autonomia e relacionamento (Skinner, 1999;.…”

A Eficácia Da TCC Para O Enfrentamento Da Hospitalização Em Crianças Com Câncer: Uma Revisão Sistemática

“…Hoster et al (28) e Li et al (35) objetivaram utilizar estratégias de enfrentamento em crianças hospitalizadas com câncer e como elas conduzem a hospitalização. Motta e Enumo (29) e Motta e Enumo (30) analisaram a importância do brincar no hospital por meio de instrumentos de Avaliação do Enfrentamento da Hospitalização.…”