Hospitalized children experience: Play heroes to build bridges between hospital days and everyday life.
Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community(2024)
摘要
Play has positive effects on children's well-being and development. Play heroes, in Danish, called "Legeheltene", have worked, for the last 7 years, to improve play and movement for hospitalized children in Danish hospitals. However, the significance of this novel Danish intervention is insufficiently researched. This phenomenological-hermeneutic study explored how children experience interacting with a play hero when hospitalized at a Danish paediatric unit. Combined observations and interviews were performed with children from two paediatric departments. Data were analyzed with inspiration from the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. Three themes were identified: "A sense of familiarity," "From loneliness to connectedness," and "Becoming more powerful." Children experience that interaction with play heroes is existentially meaningful. Through playful activities, children experience that they are connected to their daily lives outside the hospital and their true selves. Bridges to children's everyday lives are built, leading to an improved sense of freedom, security, and the ability to manage difficult aspects of their hospital stay. Engagement with play heroes provides children with an experience of well-being and can be a positive direction in care provided to hospitalized children.
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