2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-21002009000700017
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Vivenciando um mundo de procedimentos e preocupações: experiência da criança com Port-a-Cath

Abstract: Objectives: To understand the experience of children with cancer who have a port-a-cath using a session of therapeutic instructional play to decrease children worries and anxieties. Methods: Descriptive qualitative study with 6 children and 1 teenager. Data were collected through a session of therapeutic play and analyzed through content analysis. Results: Invasive procedures generated children's anxiety, worry, fear, and pain. The children recognized the need of medical procedures, medications, physical exami… Show more

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“…Being heard is an acute need in the process of achieving autonomy, (8,11) and this need was identified in this study, particularly in the thematic category "Interactions." Yet similar to another study, (12) the professionals silence the children's voices and impose behavior.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
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“…Being heard is an acute need in the process of achieving autonomy, (8,11) and this need was identified in this study, particularly in the thematic category "Interactions." Yet similar to another study, (12) the professionals silence the children's voices and impose behavior.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…(4)(5)(6) This study and others have adopted this strategy for data collection. (7,8) Given the objectives of this study, the theoretical framework of symbolic interactionism was chosen because it affirms that children are actors in their experience, and the meanings from which actions occur are established in their interactions. In this framework, a human being's interactions and actions are influenced by what is happening in the present, and at the same time aspects of an individual's lived past are applied.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A qualitative study with schooling children with cancer assisted at an oncology outpatient department presented results that corroborate with those found in our study and those in previously cited studies (5,(8)(9)(12)(13)16,18) . Children reported how pleasant was to have the opportunity to play during TP session and they demonstrated to feel comfortable and relieve because of play, besides that they pretended to assume control of the situation and to do the role of a health professional (28) . Other study with the purpose to prepare schooling children to undergo surgery also resembles results regarding to manifestation of positive behavior during play session.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Venous puncture is one of most traumatic procedure for child during hospital stay, which yields discomfort and tension (28,30) . Literature shows that presence of mother or accompanist in play session is important if children are unfamiliar to the procedures, mainly because child seeks safety and approbation to actions his/her does or when the stress generated by the situation is so intense that do not allow them to relax and play freely (17,25) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Existem vários estudos quantitativos e qualitativos que utilizam o brinquedo como instrumento para coleta de dados e outros, como estratégia de intervenção em saúde (57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63) .…”
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