Purpose: To identify the spiritual needs of children and adolescents with chronic illnesses and how these needs are met by health professionals during hospitalization. Design and methods: A qualitative descriptive study was developed with 35 children and adolescents, between 7 and 18 years old, diagnosed with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and type 1 diabetes. Interviews with photo-elicitation were conducted during t...
Purpose: To compare sleep and healthâ€Ârelated quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with cancer who had pain, with those who had no pain during hospitalisation. Method: A prospective comparative study was used to collect data from paediatric oncology units in three countries (Portugal, Brazil, USA). Participants (n = 118; 8-18 years) completed the Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer m...
Purpose: To compare sleep and healthâ€ÂÂrelated quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with cancer who had pain, with those who had no pain during hospitalisation. Method: A prospective comparative study was used to collect data from paediatric oncology units in three countries (Portugal, Brazil, USA). Participants (n = 118; 8-18 years) completed the Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer ...
Spiritual well-being is a major issue in health care, but instruments for measuring this construct in adolescents are lacking. This study adapted the 12-item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12) for use with Brazilian adolescents with chronic diseases and developed a parental observer-rated version, using an expert panel, back-translation, and cognitive inter...
The objective of this study was to identify and analyze play therapy strategies used in the rehabilitation of motor disorders in children with cerebral palsy. This is an integrative review of the literature, conducted by two independent reviewers, in the following databases: LILACS, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL and PubMed databases. The searches covered the period from 2006 to 2017 and the Portuguese, English...
Objetivo: identificar, analizar y sintetizar los resultados de estudios cualitativos primarios que discuten la experiencia del padre en el cuidado al hijo hospitalizado. Método: se trata de metasíntesis cualitativa por medio de la cual fueron analizados 12 artículos, seleccionados en las bases de datos Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias ...
Hospitalization has its benefits when treating sick children, but it can also cause negative impacts. Although it is essential and beneficial to the child, parental presence in the hospital ward destabilizes the family routine and generates new needs. The objective of this study was to search for evidence in the literature and identify, gather, and synthetize the knowledge that has been produced about the needs...
A hospitalização traz benefícios para o tratamento da criança doente, mas também implica em impactos. Embora essencial e benéfica à criança, a presença dos pais na enfermaria desestabiliza suas rotinas e desencadeia necessidades. O objetivo deste estudo foi buscar evidências na literatura, para identificar, reunir e sintetizar o conhecimento produzido acerca das necessidades dos pais de crianças hospitalizadas,...