Considerations about the advantages, disadvantages and difficulties of interned children playing in the hospital

Abstract

This is a qualitative study whose subjects were mothers or companions of children admitted at the Pediatric Unit of the public Medical School of Botucatu, SP. It aims to consider the advantages, disadvantages and difficulties of children who play in the hospital. After consent, fourteen interviews were recorded, studied and then analyzed. Results indicate that, in general, mothers feel that playing in the hospital is an important way to amuse and bring joy to their children during internment