Utilização do lúdico no atendimento de crianças hospitalizadas em unidades pediátricas: o papel do Terapeuta Ocupacional

Abstract

This is a controversial topic that is currently gaining ground in the process of humanization of care to hospitalized children. Playing in the hospital setting has been seen as a technique aimed at treating children who suffer from long-stay hospital. The occupational therapist, in turn, ispresented in this context as more skilled professional able to develop activities and stimulation for the child, using the playful as a subsidy for the same treatment in the hospital. Recent studies have investigated this issue empirically, providing important scientific evidence to support theprocess of evidence-based practice. Thus, this study used an integrative literature review is defined keywords from the query and Health Sciences Descriptors Headings (DeCS), with different electronic databases accessed using the descriptors that were previously defined. Wereselected for this study, eleven articles published in languages, English and Portuguese. The results shown by the studies identified that play in the hospital environment effected by Occupational Therapist can improve the exposure of the child's feelings as well as your mood, relationship with other children and family members present in the hospital and improving their development even in state hospital. The synthesis of the literature provided by this study may help guide occupational therapists in treatment strategies and interventio n of hospitalized children through play to promote the participation, development and activity of the hospitalized child.