Moura de Moura F, Costa Junior ÁL, de Amorim Silva ME, da Silva Reichert AP, Collet N. Hospitalized child and teenager with chronic diseases: feelings about death.
INVESTIGACION Y EDUCACION EN ENFERMERIA 2015;
33:565-572. [PMID:
28569965 DOI:
10.17533/udea.iee.v33n3a21]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
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.
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