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0131/2018 - Clowntherapy in hospital setting: A literature review.
Palhaçoterapia em ambiente hospitalar: Uma revisão de literatura.

Author:

• Soraia de Camargo Catapan - Catapan, S. C. - <s.decamargocatapan@uq.edu.au>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-1697

Co-author(s):

• Walter Ferreira de Oliveira - Oliveira, W. F. - <walter@ccs.ufsc.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-0681
• Tatiana Marcela Rotta - Rotta, TM - <tatianamarcelar@hotmail.com>


Abstract:

Clowns presence in hospitals is relatively recent and currently more than 700 organizations perform clown therapy in public and private hospitals in Brazil and many more around the world. Considering the emphasis in whole care and humanization on health, it is opportune to understand and analyze national and international scientific literature on clown therapy. This practice challenges the hegemonic biomedical model and potentially helps in recovering health. A literature review was performed and 18 papers were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The following categories that emergedthe analysis: physiological, behavioral, and emotional responses; pre-surgical anxiety and attribution of new meanings to practices and hospital environment. Results have shown that clown therapy causes a significant decrease in preoperative anxiety in children, even when comparing to that obtained with the use of a drug used to induce anesthesia. Most studies investigated the use of clown therapy during patients’ adaptation to hospitalization, helping them to attribute new meanings to this situation. Despite its low representation in the scientific field and the fact that it has not been widely accepted as a health practice, several studies have shown benefits in using clown therapy in a hospital setting.

Keywords:

Humanization of Assistance. Laughter Therapy. Hospital care.

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Catapan, S. C., Oliveira, W. F., Rotta, TM. Clowntherapy in hospital setting: A literature review.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/clowntherapy-in-hospital-setting-a-literature-review/16664?id=16664



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