‘I’ve got tummy ache in my head’ Communicating with sick children

May, Lindy

doi:10.7748/paed.11.2.21.s27

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“…Child participants relayed examples of developmentally appropriate explanations given by health professionals. There is much anecdotal literature which suggests that effectively communicating with children requires finding an appropriate way to take account of each child's development stage and maturity level (Chesterfield, 1992; Jolly, 1981; May, 1999; Parish, 1986; Thompson, 1991). Data from this study drew attention to the fact that play activities were predominantly utilised as diversionary and occupational tools as opposed to therapeutic ‘informative’ interventions.…”

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Meeting the information needs of children in hospital

Lambert

Glacken

McCarron

2013

J Child Health Care

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The provision of information is an individual entitlement and a prerequisite to enabling children to understand their illness, make choices about their health care and be involved in decision-making processes around these choices. However, limited evidence exists on children's perspectives of information provision while an inpatient in hospital. The aim of this paper is to describe the process of information exchange between health professionals and children in hospital. Informed by an ethnographic design, data were collected using multiple methods, including semi-participant observations, interviews and participatory activities. Forty-nine children aged six to 16 years, with a variety of medical and surgical conditions, admitted to one children's ward at one children's hospital participated in the research. Findings revealed that children encountered a variety of information management experiences. The key message for health professionals is that there is a need to develop child-and family-focussed strategies for assessing children's information needs in order to determine their preferences for information (amount, format, from whom, etc.), to develop a method for gaining an appreciation of parents' and health professionals' beliefs about the optimal amount and type of information to relay to children, and to achieve consensus about who is best placed to transmit this information to children.

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Meeting the information needs of children in hospital

Lambert

Glacken

McCarron

2013

J Child Health Care

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“…In particular, vulnerable members of society such as children usually have little voice in the delivery of their own health care (Dearmun 1992). Research has shown that 25% of children spend one night in hospital before they are 7 years old (May 1999) and yet they remain the ‘silent consumers of health care’ (Carter 1998).…”

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Users’ views on hospital and home care for acute illness in childhood

Sartain

Maxwell

Todd

et al. 2001

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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This mainly qualitative study compared 40 families' experience of hospital and home care. This is one aspect of a randomised, controlled trial, which aimed to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of a paediatric hospital at home service (HAH) for acute illness in children. This paper builds upon previous work that has aimed to examine parents' and children's views as service users. Forty families from a larger sample population took part in structured interviews. Eleven children aged 5 to 12 years took part in semistructured interviews. A drawing technique was the chosen method of augmentation in the children's interviews. Research findings showed that HAH is an acceptable alternative to hospital care where there are essentially nursing needs. Thirty-six (90%) parents and seven children stated a clear preference for HAH. The parents' preference was based on a perception that their child's illness wasn't serious or life threatening and therefore could be managed at home with appropriate support from health professionals. The social and financial costs of hospital care compared with HAH were the other main drivers, rather than a comparison of the quality of nursing care of their child.

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“…Therefore, filial therapy seems to hold considerable promise as a treatment modality for the families of chronically ill children. According to May (1999), chronically ill children are able to communicate and express their fears, questions, misunderstandings, and frustrations concerning illness-related issues through play. Jones (2000) studied the effects of play therapy on chronically ill children diagnosed with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and reported that play therapy is an effective intervention for increasing children’s ability to adapt to the chronic illness.…”

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Filial therapy with parents of chronically ill children.

Tew

Landreth²,

Joiner

et al. 2002

International Journal of Play Therapy

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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a 10-week filial therapy training model as a method of intervention for parents of chronically ill children. Results of the analysis of covariance revealed that parents in the experimental group significantly increased their attitude of acceptance toward their children and significantly reduced their level of stress as compared to parents in the control group. Children in the experimental group scored significantly lower than did children in the control group on total behavioral problems and anxiety and depression. This study supports filial therapy as an effective intervention for parents of chronically ill children.

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‘I’ve got tummy ache in my head’ Communicating with sick children

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Meeting the information needs of children in hospital

Meeting the information needs of children in hospital

Users’ views on hospital and home care for acute illness in childhood

Filial therapy with parents of chronically ill children.

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