College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA. mwilson@unmc
J Pediatr Health Care. 2010 Mar-Apr;24(2):95-102. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.02.008. Epub 2009 Mar 17.
The study explored children's views of hospitalization through their own voices.
In this secondary analysis, 93 children aged 5 to 9 years told stories about hospitalization using a set of drawings of children in the hospital. Children were recruited in the hospital and in the community. Themes were identified through qualitative analysis.
Children's stories focused on being alone and feeling scared, mad, and sad. These children wanted protection. Children in the stories were not always facing scary events. They were simply not at home and feeling bored, lonely, and sad. They wanted companions. Children displayed awareness of both good and bad outcomes. The hospital was a unique environment that could be fun as well as threatening.
Children's views of hospitalization were not invariably negative. The themes of hospitalized and never-hospitalized children were different only in degree of detail.
本研究通过儿童自己的声音探索了他们对住院的看法。
在这项二次分析中,93 名 5 至 9 岁的儿童使用一组医院儿童的图画讲述了关于住院的故事。儿童是在医院和社区招募的。通过定性分析确定了主题。
儿童的故事集中在孤独和感到恐惧、生气和悲伤上。这些孩子需要保护。故事中的孩子并不总是面临可怕的事件。他们只是不在家,感到无聊、孤独和悲伤。他们想要陪伴。孩子们意识到了好的和坏的结果。医院是一个独特的环境,既可能有趣也可能具有威胁性。
儿童对住院的看法并不总是负面的。住院和未住院儿童的主题仅在详细程度上有所不同。