DISEÑO DE ESPACIO DE RECUPERACIÓN PSICOLÓGICA PARA PACIENTES INFANTILES 3-8 AÑOS DEL HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES DE LA CIUDAD DE PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

Play centers are places dedicated to the carrying out of animation activities within health centers with a child population, although normally within Ecuador these play spaces are usually not formally integrated within the services offered by these centers, also the administrations of the same are not usually sensitized to this population and its need. With this background, this project had as a first instance to propose a space design to be suitable within the Hospital of Specialties in the city of Portoviejo for optimal child-space interaction to improve and help in the recovery of their mood, quality of Life and stay of the patients. In the same way, this work develops a review and study of play centers as an indispensable tool in Ludoteca, infantes, hospitales, diseño, salud. ABSTRACT KEY WORDS TRABAJO DE TITULACIÓN IX the recovery of infants in a hospital state. The research was based on a qualitative methodology with sampling techniques of convenience where an online survey of a population of 80 people was carried out. The results obtained from the surveys confirm the importance of play centers in hospitals, their contribution to the mental state and to a better recovery of infants.