Evaluation of an In-Hospital Recreation Room for Hospitalised Children and Their Families.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Lauren KeladaTracey O'Brien

Abstract

Many children's hospitals have established 'recreation rooms' to help reduce distress among hospitalised children and families. We investigated recreation rooms in two Australian children's hospitals to determine: 1) families' first use of the room (including discovery and delays); 2) characteristics of families accessing the room; 3) parents' positive and negative associations with the room; and 4) parents' most and least valued aspects of the room. Using a concurrent mixed methods design, parents completed questionnaires (Restorative Experiences Tool, Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory) and an optional interview. We analysed data using t-tests and multiple regressions (questionnaires) and content analysis (interviews). Parents (n = 123) commonly reported delays in accessing the recreation room (n = 74, 60.2%). Parents' distress was positively related to their frequency of room use (r = 0.28, p = .001). Families of hospitalised children with lower physical (r = -0.36, p < .001) and psychosocial (r = -0.31, p = .001) functioning used the room more frequently than families of children with higher functioning. Parents reported more positive than negative associations with the rooms for themsel...Continue Reading

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