Effects of Educational Video on Pre-operative Anxiety in Children - A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Audio-visual interventions have been used to provide relevant patient information to reduce pre-operative anxiety in children. The aim of the study was to investigate whether self-reported state anxiety in children could be reduced by presenting a child-friendly educational video on the day of surgery. Methods: A prospective, single-blinded, two-armed, randomized controlled study was designed with three measurement time points including 90 children (6-17 years) and their parents. In the intervention group (IG), the children and their parents were shown a child-friendly video explaining the perioperative procedures that would be applied during the hospital stay, in addition to receiving standard information. In the control group (CG), children and parents received s

SUBMITTER: Harter V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8149614 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature