O Brincar Durante o Período de Hospitalização para Tratamento de Câncer Pediátrico

Searched to analyze the perception of children and adolescents about playing during hospitalization for cancer treatment. This descriptive study with a qualitative approach, involved 14 patients aged between 7 and 17 years, admitted to a hospital in Recife, Pernambuco. In the data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and a protocol for consulting the medical records were used to characterize the subjects, the semi-structured interview and the field diary to analyze the perceptions from Bardin. The results showed that playing is part of the universe of hospitalization and can be a humanized resource to face this reality. In addition, there was a need to expand playing, also including body movements, and a possibility of responding to this need was identified through the use of the active video game.