O brincar na intervenção da terapia ocupacional nas rotinas hospitalares

Abstract

Hospitalization causes a break in the daily life and habits of any patient. However, with children, it must be understood that the inability to understand what is experienced can lead to ruptures, which makes this period even more delicate. In this scenario, behavioral disorders and even mood disorders can occur (for example, aggressiveness, excessive fear, depressive disorder) and negatively affect the patient's recovery. This study aims to describe the importance of the work developed by the Multidisciplinary Resident of Occupational Therapy (OT) in the intra-hospital environment, through playing with hospitalized pediatric patients admitted to a regional hematology-oncology center located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. These are two case reports that objectively illustrate the performance of the Multidisciplinary Resident of Occupational Therapy (OT), who uses the act of playing as a therapeutic resource that aims to help hospitalized pediatric patients to deal with the demands caused by the disease, treatment, and hospital routine. The first moment refers to the difficulty that arose with the child's feeding and the intervention strategies. The second one describes the use of toys to help the pediatric patient to understand the interventions carried out in the dayto-day of the hospitalization, in addition to the use of play as an aid in basic care and patient hygiene (for example, during the collection of blood tests, bathing, diaper changing). In both moments, the intervention of the Multidisciplinary Resident of Occupational Therapy (OT) was described and how such actions help the pediatric patient to better deal with the negative feelings and losses caused by the hospital routine, contributing for these to be worked in a way that facilitate development through play. Through play, the child played with day-to-day activities to understand his routine, managed to feed himself and accepted to put on his diaper, through activities developed through the OT core expertise.