探究治疗性玩乐在住院儿童中的效果及其机制

INTRODUCTION: Rising hospitalization rates are associated with increased anxiety, pain, and delayed recovery for children. While therapeutic play shows promise in reducing these negative outcomes, its mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: This realist review aims to unpack the mechanisms and contextual factors undrelying therapeutic play in hospitalized children. By constructing Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations, it seeks to explain how, for whom, and under what circumstances this intervention produces intended and unintended outcomes. METHODS: This realist review explores how therapeut