Pengalaman Hospitalisasi Anak Usia Sekolah

Hospitalization Experiences among School Age Children. Hospitalization can be a traumatic and stressful experience for children and also the parents. Unfamiliar environment and health personnel, diagnostic procedures and treatments have been identified as the stressor. The traumatic experiences following hospitalization might influence the children's well being until years after the hospitalization. This qualitative research aimed to explore children's experiences during hospitalization. Data were collected using purposive sampling technique from 10 hospitalized school-aged children in pediatric medical ward. Themes from qualitative analysis included: separation from family and peer, unfamiliar environment, loss of self determination, experience of pain, and health awareness. These research recomendates strategies to prevent negative effect of hospitalization