EMOTION REFLECTIONS OF CHILDREN UNDERGOING ONCOLOGY TREATMENT BY DRAWING PICTURES
Project no. 20567 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2019
Summary
Objective: Treatment of childhood cancers requires long-term hospitalization. In particular, the length of hospital stay is prolonged due to side effects related to chemotherapy. In this process, it will be meaningful data to try to reach what the hospitalized child can not express verbally in his original world through drawing activity. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to describe the emotions that children who are receiving cancer treatment in the Pediatric Hematology Unit reflect from their own world through the drawings they make. Materials and Methods: In the study, which was planned as a quasi-experimental type, the Faces Comparison Scale was used to define the emotional state of 30 children aged 6-12 years who were treated for cancer in the Pediatric Hematology department, before and after the drawing activity. Multi-colored paints and drawing paper were used as the painting material of the study. In the study, the pictures made by 10 children were evaluated psycho-pedagogically by the researchers (expert clinical psychologist, academicians and nurses trained in child health and diseases nursing). Results: In the evaluation of the drawing made by children undergoing oncology treatment; it has been found that they mostly use their color preferences in the direction of lively and warm colors in multi-colored paints, reflect the characteristics of the age group they are in and at the same time reflect their realistic perceptions of the environment they receive treatment in their drawings. In the evaluation of the Faces Comparison Scale used before and after drawing, it was found that there was a positive change in the emotional states of the children after the painting activity (p: 0.004). Conclusion: It was observed that the children who received oncology treatment reflected their feelings of pain, fear, anxiety and love, which they could not express verbally, on the pictures. Simple, simple, realistic and economical painting activity is an opportunity for children undergoing oncological treatment; It is recommended to be used in this group of cases in clinics. Key words: Cancer, child, drawing, nurse