Play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children
Play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children
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DOI：
10.1186/s12887-016-0570-5
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发表时间：
2016-03-11
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Kwok, Blondi Ming Chau
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作者：
Li, William H. C.;Chung, Joyce Oi Kwan;Kwok, Blondi Ming Chau
背景：住院是一种充满压力和威胁的经历，对儿童来说可能是情感上的毁灭性打击。医院游戏干预已被广泛用于为儿童进行侵入性医疗程序和住院做好准备。然而，有一个迫切需要严格的实证审查的有效性，医院发挥干预，特别是利用游戏活动，以减轻住院儿童的心理负担。本研究测试的有效性发挥干预措施，以减少焦虑和消极情绪在住院children.Methods：一个非等效的对照组前测试和后测试，科目之间的设计进行了两个最大的急性护理公立医院在香港。共有304名在这两家医院接受治疗的中国儿童（3-12岁）被邀请参加这项研究。在304名儿科患者中，154名接受了医院游戏干预，150名接受了常规护理。结果：接受医院游戏干预的儿童比接受常规护理的儿童表现出更少的负性情绪和更低的焦虑水平。结论：本研究通过提供实证证据来支持游戏干预在减少焦虑和焦虑方面的有效性，住院儿童的负面情绪。本研究的结果强调，将医院游戏干预的重要性，提供全面和优质的护理，以减轻住院儿童的心理负担。
Background: Hospitalization is a stressful and threatening experience, which can be emotionally devastating to children. Hospital play interventions have been widely used to prepare children for invasive medical procedures and hospitalization. Nevertheless, there is an imperative need for rigorous empirical scrutiny of the effectiveness of hospital play interventions, in particular, using play activities to ease the psychological burden of hospitalized children. This study tested the effectiveness of play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children.Methods: A non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test, between subjects design was conducted in the two largest acute-care public hospitals in Hong Kong. A total of 304 Chinese children (ages 3-12) admitted for treatments in these two hospitals were invited to participate in the study. Of the 304 paediatric patients, 154 received hospital play interventions and 150 received usual care.Results: Children who received the hospital play interventions exhibited fewer negative emotions and experienced lower levels of anxiety than those children who received usual care.Conclusion: This study addressed a gap in the literature by providing empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of play interventions in reducing anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children. Findings from this study emphasize the significance of incorporating hospital play interventions to provide holistic and quality care to ease the psychological burden of hospitalized children.