Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death

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Main Author: Flávia Moura de Moura
Format: Artículo científico
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Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2015
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contents Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death Flávia Moura de Moura Áderson Luiz Costa Junior Maria Elizabete de Amorim Silva Altamira Pereira da Silva Reichert Neusa Collet Medicina Child death chronic disease hospitalization Objective . Analyze the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases towards death. Methodology . Qualitative research, with four children and one teenager with chronic diseases, aged between 11 and 13 years old, who were admitted at a teaching hospital in Brazil, in the period from January to March 2009. In-depth interviews were carried out using a ludic material for therapeutic purposes, named “As a guest in the hospital”. The empirical material was submitted to thematic analysis. Results . Two mains meanings were obtained: Feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases dealing with the death of the other; and children and adolescents with chronic diseases and the fear of their own deaths. Hospitalization makes children and adolescents come across the death of other sick people, arousing feelings of sadness, consternation, anxiety, making the fear of their own death become a threat. Conclusion . The health team needs to be attentive to the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents facing death so that they can get the demands, minimizing fears and anguish. 2015 artículo científico 0120-5307 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=105241607021 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1052 Investigación y Educación en Enfermería application/pdf Universidad de Antioquia Investigación y Educación en Enfermería (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.33
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spellingShingle Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death
Flávia Moura de Moura
Medicina
Child
death
chronic disease
hospitalization
Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death Flávia Moura de Moura Áderson Luiz Costa Junior Maria Elizabete de Amorim Silva Altamira Pereira da Silva Reichert Neusa Collet Medicina Child death chronic disease hospitalization Objective . Analyze the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases towards death. Methodology . Qualitative research, with four children and one teenager with chronic diseases, aged between 11 and 13 years old, who were admitted at a teaching hospital in Brazil, in the period from January to March 2009. In-depth interviews were carried out using a ludic material for therapeutic purposes, named “As a guest in the hospital”. The empirical material was submitted to thematic analysis. Results . Two mains meanings were obtained: Feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases dealing with the death of the other; and children and adolescents with chronic diseases and the fear of their own deaths. Hospitalization makes children and adolescents come across the death of other sick people, arousing feelings of sadness, consternation, anxiety, making the fear of their own death become a threat. Conclusion . The health team needs to be attentive to the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents facing death so that they can get the demands, minimizing fears and anguish. 2015 artículo científico 0120-5307 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=105241607021 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1052 Investigación y Educación en Enfermería application/pdf Universidad de Antioquia Investigación y Educación en Enfermería (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.33
title Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death
topic Medicina
Child
death
chronic disease
hospitalization
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=105241607021