RT Journal Article
T1 Reducing preoperative anxiety in parents of surgical patients
A1 Diaz Luengo, Trinidad
A1 Rivas Paterna, Ana Belén
A1 Loureido, Elena
A1 Vargas Castrillón, Emilio
AB Aims and objectivesTo investigate preoperative anxiety in parents of paediatric surgical patients, testing whether the provision of information (using video and story books) regarding the surgical process can impact on reducing anxiety. Analyse if any personal factors influence the reduction of anxiety.BackgroundAttending a surgical theatre generates anxiety, especially in the case of children. The effect of different preoperative intervention procedures in children that attempt to reduce their anxiety level have been studied a great deal. However, although their parents also suffer high levels of anxiety, potential intervention to reduce their levels has not received the same attention.Study designRandomised Clinical trial.MethodsOne hundred and twenty-five parents of children (8–12 y.o.) undergoing surgery in a public hospital were randomly assigned to the control group CG (34 individuals) or one of the 3 experimental groups EG (91). In this Randomised Controlled Study, children and parents of the experimental groups were provided with a story book, a video with additional information of nursing, or both. Prior to the surgical intervention, the State Anxiety, S-A, and Trait Anxiety, T-A, of the parents and children were measured using the STAI and STAIC questionnaires respectively. Data collection was carried out for 12 months starting in October 2016.ResultsParents' S-A in the control group was higher than in the experimental groups. A linear model explains the parents’ S-A using as regressors: children S-A, age and T-A of the parents, and children age.ConclusionsProviding information about the surgical process (through stories or videos) to which a child is going to be subjected can reduce the anxiety of the parents.
PB Cell Press journal, Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023-05-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117186
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117186
LA eng
NO Luengo, T. D., Rivas, A. B., Loureido, E., & Vargas, E. (2023). Reducing preoperative anxiety in parents of surgical patients. Heliyon, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/J.HELIYON.2023.E15920
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025