Abstract

VIVIAN, Aline Groff et al. Talking to parents: experience report of group intervention in pediatrics ICU. Aletheia [online]. 2013, n.40, pp. 174-184. ISSN 1413-0394.

The child illness and its hospitalization causes complex and intense emotional experiences not only for the patient as well as to parents and relatives. This experience report aims to present a group psychological intervention with parents and caregivers of children admitted to a pediatric ICU, of a university hospital, in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, where 24 meetings were held by psychology students and a teacher who supervised them. The groups were offered every week, and lasted 90 minutes, 57 parents and relatives took part in the meetings. Their age varied from 16 to 59 years-old. The themes discussed were issues related to the impact of hospitalization and its consequences to interaction between them and in the family. The results were presented in two categories: feelings concerning admission and the impact of the intervention. The data was discussed based on the literature. The benefits of this groups and the experience exchange between its members were highlighted. Further contributions could be establishing guidelines for the psychologist work at pediatric ICU, that can collaborate to the deepening and continuity of such interventions, through humanized care and creation of social support networks.

Keywords : Group of parents; Pediatric ICU; Psychological intervention.

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