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Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2023Leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancer worldwide. Children living with leukemia experience various problems because of the disease's progression, harmful... (Review)
Review
PROBLEM
Leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancer worldwide. Children living with leukemia experience various problems because of the disease's progression, harmful effects of treatment, and prolonged hospitalization process. To increase their well-being and alleviate their problems, these children require ongoing support. One solution that both parents and professionals can use is play therapy. This systematic review aimed to identify the type and effectiveness of play therapy in children living with leukemia.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
We searched PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and ProQuest databases. Additionally, we performed manual searches on Google Scholar, Google Web, and grey literature. Inclusion criteria comprised: 1) Studies that implemented play therapy on leukemia children, 2) Full-text articles available in English or Indonesian languages from January 2000 to December 2021 and updated until July 2023, and 3) Intervention studies employing quasi-experimental or randomized controlled trial (RCT) designs.
SAMPLE
From 1099 articles, 16 studies were selected. Several forms of play therapy were found, including pretend, music, art, and sand play therapy.
RESULTS
Of the sixteen studies in this systematic review, fifteen demonstrated beneficial effects on psychological issues, particularly anxiety, despair, stress, and physical problems (fatigue and pain).
CONCLUSION
Play therapy effectively alleviates some physical and psychosocial problems in children living with leukemia.
IMPLICATION
Nurses can utilize play therapy as an intervention for children living with leukemia. Additionally, comparative research is recommended with a similar research strategy concerning studies with the same design.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION
PROSPERO CRD42022318549.
Topics: Child; Humans; Play Therapy; Anxiety; Leukemia; Music; Neoplasms
PubMed: 37597401
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.08.003 -
Current Psychiatry Reports Apr 2018The objectives were to identify specific characteristics and patterns of children's play following events of political violence or disasters, examine their associations... (Review)
Review
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
The objectives were to identify specific characteristics and patterns of children's play following events of political violence or disasters, examine their associations with risk and resilience, and explore their implications for preventive and therapeutic intervention.
RECENT FINDINGS
Patterns of individual, dyadic, and social play are associated with measures of children's adaptation following collective traumatic events. Modifying the traditional child-centered play therapy, by integrating CBT principles or including parents, may increase efficacy. Preventive interventions in the aftermath of collective traumatic events must address children's need to play in safe spaces, with the support of significant adults. Recognizing that posttraumatic play is a multifaceted phenomenon implies the need for more individualized play therapy models, varying in level of therapist's activity and techniques employed. Research is needed to clarify the validity of play measures for assessing adaptation and to study the effectiveness of integrative play-based models.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Child; Disasters; Family Therapy; Humans; Parents; Play Therapy; Play and Playthings; Politics; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Violence
PubMed: 29623498
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-018-0895-x -
Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und... 2012The following article presents an overview of current research studies on play therapy in the hospital. It highlights individual diagnoses for which play therapy has... (Review)
Review
The following article presents an overview of current research studies on play therapy in the hospital. It highlights individual diagnoses for which play therapy has shown reasonable success. The aim of this review is to describe the current status of the scientific debate on play therapy for sick children in order to allow conclusions regarding the indications for which play therapy is or might be useful.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Anxiety; Child; Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Humans; Patient Education as Topic; Play Therapy; Research; Self Efficacy; Sick Role; Stress, Psychological; Surgical Procedures, Operative
PubMed: 22550767
DOI: 10.13109/prkk.2012.61.3.157 -
BMC Pediatrics Mar 2016Hospitalization is a stressful and threatening experience, which can be emotionally devastating to children. Hospital play interventions have been widely used to prepare...
BACKGROUND
Hospitalization is a stressful and threatening experience, which can be emotionally devastating to children. Hospital play interventions have been widely used to prepare children for invasive medical procedures and hospitalization. Nevertheless, there is an imperative need for rigorous empirical scrutiny of the effectiveness of hospital play interventions, in particular, using play activities to ease the psychological burden of hospitalized children. This study tested the effectiveness of play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children.
METHODS
A non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test, between subjects design was conducted in the two largest acute-care public hospitals in Hong Kong. A total of 304 Chinese children (ages 3-12) admitted for treatments in these two hospitals were invited to participate in the study. Of the 304 paediatric patients, 154 received hospital play interventions and 150 received usual care.
RESULTS
Children who received the hospital play interventions exhibited fewer negative emotions and experienced lower levels of anxiety than those children who received usual care.
CONCLUSION
This study addressed a gap in the literature by providing empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of play interventions in reducing anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children. Findings from this study emphasize the significance of incorporating hospital play interventions to provide holistic and quality care to ease the psychological burden of hospitalized children.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02665403 . Registered 22 January 2016.
Topics: Anxiety; Child; Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Emotions; Female; Hong Kong; Humans; Male; Patient Satisfaction; Play Therapy; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 26969158
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0570-5 -
The Medical Journal of Australia Apr 1958
Topics: Play Therapy; Projective Techniques
PubMed: 13540572
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1958.tb86455.x -
Advance For Nurse Practitioners Apr 2003
Review
Topics: Adolescent; Ambulatory Care; Child; Child Behavior; Child, Preschool; Humans; Nurse Practitioners; Nurse-Patient Relations; Play Therapy; Play and Playthings
PubMed: 12718103
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) 2002This article introduces the results of scientific research performed in 1995-1997 in Kaunas primary school with 1st and 2nd grade children exhibiting behavioral... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study Review
This article introduces the results of scientific research performed in 1995-1997 in Kaunas primary school with 1st and 2nd grade children exhibiting behavioral disorders. Play therapy, a quite novel method in the country, seeks better improvement and an achievement of a better relationship for disadvantaged children in educational process. Play group counseling, or play media counseling, is shown as an important method in working with early primary grade children, especially those who present behavioral problems in the classroom. Another important aspect of group play therapy is the concentrated relationship with the counselor. Primary school children, especially those who are disadvantaged respond more to warmth than to praise for being right and doing well. Data analysis allow us to assume that behavioral difficulties of primary school children are connected with a low rate of self-esteem and dissatisfaction with their vital activities. Main conclusions to correspond with hypothesis held for the research are: a) children exhibiting behavioral problems are less active in educational process; b) by means of systematic use of play group counseling method in school, problematic children are able to solve their difficulties and to optimize their academic improvement; c) there is a complementary relationship between child's self-esteem and his/her satisfaction with his/her vital activity.
Topics: Algorithms; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Emotions; Humans; Play Therapy; Social Work
PubMed: 12474784
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Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the... Mar 2021We explore state of the art machine learning based tools for automatic facial and linguistic affect analysis to allow easier, faster, and more precise quantification...
We explore state of the art machine learning based tools for automatic facial and linguistic affect analysis to allow easier, faster, and more precise quantification and annotation of children's verbal and non-verbal affective expressions in psychodynamic child psychotherapy. The sample included 53 Turkish children: 41 with internalizing, externalizing and comorbid problems; 12 in the non-clinical range. We collected audio and video recordings of 148 sessions, which were manually transcribed. Independent raters coded children's expressions of pleasure, anger, sadness and anxiety using the Children's Play Therapy Instrument (CPTI). Automatic facial and linguistic affect analysis modalities were adapted, developed, and combined in a system that predicts affect. Statistical regression methods (linear and polynomial regression) and machine learning techniques (deep learning, support vector regression and extreme learning machine) were used for predicting CPTI affect dimensions. Experimental results show significant associations between automated affect predictions and CPTI affect dimensions with small to medium effect sizes. Fusion of facial and linguistic features work best for pleasure predictions; however, for other affect predictions linguistic analyses outperform facial analyses. External validity analyses partially support anger and pleasure predictions. The system enables retrieving affective expressions of children, but needs improvement for precision.
Topics: Affect; Anxiety; Child; Humans; Play Therapy; Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
PubMed: 33148118
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2020.1839141 -
Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und... Jan 2003Play therapies are psychotherapies with the medium of play primarily for children under 12 years of age, which can be differentiated according to their theoretical... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study Review
Play therapies are psychotherapies with the medium of play primarily for children under 12 years of age, which can be differentiated according to their theoretical constructs and actual practice. Play therapies have gained importance and relevance in the 1990's, reflected in a wide range of publications. Following trends can be discerned: narrow concepts defined by individual schools of psychotherapy have been left. Different forms of play therapy, as well as behavioural and family therapy have been integrated. Focussed short-term and therapies for specific disorders have been developed. The aim of the first part of this paper is to present an overview of traditional forms of playtherapy, with a focus on the Individual Therapy of A. Adler, the Analytic Psychotherapy of C. G. Jung, Sandplay Therapy of D. Kalff and child-centered (non-directive) play therapy.
Topics: Child; Humans; Jungian Theory; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Person-Centered Psychotherapy; Play Therapy; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychoanalytic Therapy
PubMed: 12638367
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International Journal of Group... Jan 2013Over the years, we have developed a working model of Structured Play Therapy Groups for Preschoolers, an innovative treatment approach designed to address the needs of... (Review)
Review
Over the years, we have developed a working model of Structured Play Therapy Groups for Preschoolers, an innovative treatment approach designed to address the needs of young children ages 3 to 5 struggling to adjust to the social demands of their preschool classrooms. These short-term therapy groups facilitate development of the young child's social competence and capacity to participate effectively in a classroom environment. Although the literature on therapy groups for children suggests that preschoolers are not yet evolved enough developmentally to engage actively in a group process, our experience indicates otherwise. The model of treatment presented here will therefore challenge that contention with the claim that not only can preschoolers participate in a structured therapy group of peers but they can, by virtue of that very participation, benefit in ways that will prepare them (as they transition from preschool to kindergarten) for the ever-increasing demands of their ever-expanding social milieus.
Topics: Child Development; Child, Preschool; Group Processes; Humans; Play Therapy; Psychotherapy, Group; Social Adjustment
PubMed: 23252814
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2013.63.1.25