With the punpose of completely appnoachirig the patunt in the hospital, this research had the goal to identify the generating factors of the of anxiety patient and how they express their uneasiness.towands the illness and the hospitalization the data were collected from april/may/96 with adults in a school-hospital and was based on a guide for observation of the anxieting situations and in an interview guide. We fround out that the patients' major concernias were: Knowing if their illness has aure, how long they will be there, their and the support of the family. They get sadder at night and in the afternoon, when twestaff is reduced, there is more silence and twey feel lonely. Only a small percentage of them have the consistint information about the disease and treatment, howerer, the hospital is mainly identified as a good place for the possibility of cure, good assistance and food. Witnessing the suffering and the dying risk of the neighbour, be discharged, exams and treatment procedures suspended on conceited, bling communicated of the necessity of bling operated on that the desease doesn't have a cure, were the anxieting factors that were remanked not only in the imediate seactions, but also in the lote ones of the anxieting situations, prevail passive atitudes suchas sadness, crying, depression and negativism. We concluded that the psychic and emotional conditions of the patients in the hospital have to be takin on consideration on hospitales emphasizing a comsiete appreach, with especial care of the speed of the actions and the consistence of the information given to the patient about their health and treatment.
Health; Hospitalization; Anxiety