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A hospitalização da criança constitui uma experiência que ocasiona grandes
mudanças na vida da criança e da família. A compreensão das necessidades dos pais e a
minimização do sofrimento passa pela sua presença durante as 24 horas do dia. Contudo,
esta presença só tem significado quando se desenvolvem estratégias promotoras do
envolvimento dos pais nos cuidados de saúde, capacitando-os para a continuidade de
cuidados.
Desenvolvemos um estudo descritivo, exploratório de cariz quantitativo, com uma
amostra de 184 pais de crianças hospitalizadas em 4 hospitais portugueses. A colheita de
dados foi efectuada pela aplicação do questionário das necessidades dos pais adaptado
para a população portuguesa.
Os resultados encontrados indicam que os pais das crianças hospitalizadas atribuem
mais importância às necessidades de suporte e orientação e são mais independentes face
ao hospital relativamente às necessidades da criança doente e aos outros membros da
família. Verifica-se também que algumas características, quer dos pais, quer das crianças
hospitalizadas, quer da hospitalização, relacionam-se de forma estatisticamente significativa
com a satisfação e a independência percebidas pelos pais face a estas duas necessidades.
A permanência dos pais no ambiente hospitalar trouxe um novo paradigma para o
cuidar da criança hospitalizada, através da construção de projectos de saúde centrados na
família. Identificar as necessidades dos pais, permite aos enfermeiros desenvolver
competências de forma a avaliar a etapa do ciclo vital da criança/família e assim definir
estratégias de adaptação aos processos de doença e a promoção do papel parental.
Palavras-chave: criança, hospitalização, papel parental, necessidades.
Abstract Hospitalization of children is an experience that brings great changes in the life of the child and the family. Understanding the needs of the parents and the minimization of suffering lies in their presence for 24 hours a day. However, this presence has meaning only when they develop strategies that promote the envelopment of parents in health care, enabling them to continuity of caring. We developed a descriptive study, exploratory of quantitative nature, with a sample of 184 parents of hospitalized children in four portuguese hospitals. Data collection was performed by the application of the needs of parents´ questionnaire adapted to the portuguese population. The results indicate that parents of hospitalized children assign more importance to the support needs and guidance and they are more independent from the hospital in what concerns the needs of the sick child and other family members. There are also some features, that either parents or hospitalized children, but also the hospitalization, have reference in a statistically and significant way with the satisfaction and the independence perceived by parents towards these two needs. The parents stay in the hospital environment brought a new paradigm for the care of hospitalized children, through the construction of health projects focused on family. Identify the needs of parents, allow nurses to develop skills to assess the stage of the life cycle of the child / family and define strategies of adaptation to the disease processes and the promotion of parental role. Keywords: Child, hospitalization, parental role, needs.
Abstract Hospitalization of children is an experience that brings great changes in the life of the child and the family. Understanding the needs of the parents and the minimization of suffering lies in their presence for 24 hours a day. However, this presence has meaning only when they develop strategies that promote the envelopment of parents in health care, enabling them to continuity of caring. We developed a descriptive study, exploratory of quantitative nature, with a sample of 184 parents of hospitalized children in four portuguese hospitals. Data collection was performed by the application of the needs of parents´ questionnaire adapted to the portuguese population. The results indicate that parents of hospitalized children assign more importance to the support needs and guidance and they are more independent from the hospital in what concerns the needs of the sick child and other family members. There are also some features, that either parents or hospitalized children, but also the hospitalization, have reference in a statistically and significant way with the satisfaction and the independence perceived by parents towards these two needs. The parents stay in the hospital environment brought a new paradigm for the care of hospitalized children, through the construction of health projects focused on family. Identify the needs of parents, allow nurses to develop skills to assess the stage of the life cycle of the child / family and define strategies of adaptation to the disease processes and the promotion of parental role. Keywords: Child, hospitalization, parental role, needs.
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Atitude perante a saúde Avaliação de necessidades Criança Criança hospitalizada Hospitalização Pais Attitude to health Child Child, hospitalized Hospitalization Needs assessment Parents
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Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior de Saúde de Viseu