Open AccessQuality of life of children hospitalized in the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Esther Ferreira,
Juliana Menegussi,
Tatiana Barbieri Bombarda,
Valeska Torcia,
Ingrid Silva,
Stefhanie Piovezan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
residência pediátrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-6814
DOI - 10.25060/residpediatr-2020.v10n3-401
Subject(s) - pandemic , context (archaeology) , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , order (exchange) , adaptation (eye) , covid-19 , psychology , process (computing) , medicine , nursing , business , computer science , history , disease , archaeology , epistemology , pathology , finance , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system , philosophy
OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic led to sudden and challenging changes.In addition to new coronavirus hospitalizations, children continue to be hospitalized due to other causes, which demands enormous caution to reconcile preventive measures to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 with actions to guarantee quality of life during hospitalization. METHODS: Aiming to offer quality of life for children hospitalized in the current pandemic, a literature review was carried out, with subsequent critical analysis, using databases and relevant descriptors, such as “quality of life”, “hospitalized child”, and “coronavirus infections”. RESULTS: The themes found were communication, reception, attention to the families needs, playing in the hospital and playful stimulation and continuation of the schooling process.Communication is anessentialskillto ensure humanizedand qualifiedcare practices, important for good adherence and response to treatment. As for the reception,theemotional,social,spiritual,and physical spheres must beconsidered. In order to providecomprehensivecare,itis essential to knowthechild’s familycontext. Playis oneof themain occupationsof thechild’scontext, being a way for the development of various capacities of adaptation, interaction, and a source of physical and emotional stability for children. Maintaining the schooling process can mitigate the significant losses that hospitalisolation brings. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that, in order to offer quality of life in the pediatric hospital context nowadays, one must have a holistic and interdisciplinary view.