title: [Therapeutic play in preparing for surgery: behavior of preschool children during the perioperative period].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to describe the behavior of children during the instructional session of therapeutic play (ITP) in the preoperative period and to verify the behavior presented by them during the perioperative period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory descriptive study with a quantitative approach, developed in a large private hospital in Sao Paulo, in which the behaviors presented by 30 children between three and five years old, undergoing minor surgery were seen at the hospital during the session of TP and in the surgical center, from admission to awaken from anesthesia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most children participated in the ITP session (21; 70%), entered the surgical room spontaneously (22; 73.3%) without resisting mother separation (24; 80%), collaborating with the anesthetic procedure (16; 53.3%) and quietly awakening from anesthesia (26; 87%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of ITP led the child to understand the surgical procedure, making it less traumatic.
authors: Anesthesia Recovery Unit, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Camila Moreira
authors: CM
authors: Paladino
authors: Anesthetic Recovery and Material and Sterilization Center, School of Nursing, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Rachel de
authors: Rd
authors: Carvalho
authors: School of Nursing, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, fabiane.almeida@einstein.br.
authors: Fabiane de Amorim
authors: Fde A
authors: Almeida
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059035:Perioperative Period; D010989:Play Therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care