The aim of this study was to analyze the perceptions of the healthcare team regarding the play of children hospitalized with burns. A total of 30 healthcare professionals of the Burns Treatment Unit composed the sample. A questionnaire was used and the analysis detected that the healthcare team considered play important in the hospital due its contributions to treatment adherence, clinical evolution, adaptation, and social interaction of the child with burns. From of these professional's perspective, play as a therapeutic function allows the hospitalized child to develop creativity, cope with pain, and manage situations of stress, which represent a possibility to assist the recovery process of integral health. The positive data evidenced the importance of play for the child in situation of illness and hospitalization.
Child, hospitalized; Burns; Recreation
