[The relational withdrawal of the hospitalised child: from a professional project to a research protocol]

Abstract

Professional reflection, initiated during childcare studies during a paediatric intensive care internship, can lead to the writing of a research protocol on the relational withdrawal of a hospitalized child. How could the use of the Baby Distress Alarm Scale, a tool for screening and assessing relational withdrawal behaviour, improve the detection of these behaviours in an inpatient child to prevent developmental disorders? Feedback from experience.

Keywords: Baby Distress Alarm Scale; life project; professional project; projet de recherche; projet de vie; projet professionnel; relational withdrawal; research project; retrait relationnel; échelle Alarme détresse bébé.