DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND PARTICIPANTS LIST
When a child comes to the hospital, they encounter new places, unfamiliar people, medical equipment, examinations, and procedures. In addition to being ill, they may experience severe pain and fear. The stress can be even greater when their parents go home, leaving them alone and abandoned in the hospital. For a sick child, the hospital is something unknown, where they find themselves against their will due to the necessity of treatment. Hospitalization, in psychological terms, represents a sudden and harsh separation of the child from their home environment. Treatment in the hospital can completely change a child's behavior. Adapting to new life changes is difficult but necessary for children in the preschool and school-age periods. Some children cope with it with minor issues, while others may face more significant problems, which can manifest as a child's crying, maladaptive behavior, apathy, aggression, regression, or psychosomatic illnesses. Special attention must be paid to the youngest children, as their adaptation mechanisms are still developing in the early years of life. Experts often refer to the first years of a child's life as a critical period for their social, physical, and mental development. Hospitalization often affects children up to the age of six who are in the preschool stage of development. This vulnerability is further increased if they find themselves in a foreign environment without a familiar caregiver. Therefore, having good hospital educators on the hospital ward, in addition to the participation of medical staff, is essential in the hospital environment.
PARTICIPANTS LIST:
Aferdita Topalovic
Emina Rekanović
Saša Delić
Natasa Angjeleska
Nataša Kmet
Marjeta Naglav
Urška Žavbi
Danica Jukić
Ilhan Naimov
Elica Kostova
Slavica Tutnjević
Emina Talić Hakanović
Alma Bolić
Alma Ganić
Amra Pandžo
Ana Suton
Amina Čeho Osmanović
Amina Habul
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Halida Kutrović
Hrvoje Klasić
Lejla Kafedžić
Irma Čehić
Ivana Stojanović Blagojević
Ivana Zečević
