Easing Parental Worries: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis on Preoperative Education Methods for Reducing Anxiety in Parents of Children Undergoing Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Parental anxiety during the time leading up to a child's surgery is a major concern. One approach that's gained attention for helping ease this stress is preoperative education, but there's still no clear agreement on which type of educational method works best. This review looked into a range of educational strategies to find out which ones are most effective at lowering anxiety in parents. Between January and March 2024, researchers conducted an extensive search across databases like PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. They focused on studies that evaluated preoperative education for parents, specifically targeting those that measured parental anxiety using validated tools. From this search, 23 studies were included in the final review, and 19 of them, involving nearly 2,

SUBMITTER: Priyadarshini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12316422 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature