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Effects of preoperative teaching on anxiety in pediatric ambulatory surgical patients

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1997
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The purpose of the study was to test experimentally the effectiveness of a presurgical teaching intervention on reducing the anxiety of children undergoing outpatient surgery and in facilitating the children's emotional adjustment during the postsurgical period. The efficacy of a child teaching session combined with a parent teaching session was compared with the efficacy of a parent only session. The participants of the study were 33 children, ages 4 to 12, and their parents. Two weeks following the child's surgery, the parents assessed the child's postsurgical adjustment by completing the Post Hospital Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ). Data was analyzed by t-test using.05 as the significance level. Results of the t-test showed no significant difference between the experimental and the control groups (t = 1.910, df = 27, p =.067). However, both groups showed behavioral upset on the PHBQ following surgery (control group = 87.75, experimental group = 84.46). This increased behavioral upset suggests that surgery is anxiety producing in children. The trend toward lower scores in the experimental group indicated less behavior upset and therefore less anxiety for the children receiving the teaching intervention.
Title: Effects of preoperative teaching on anxiety in pediatric ambulatory surgical patients.
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Name(s): Foord-Kelcey, Shelley Mae.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Hayes, Janice S., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 1997
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 78 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of the study was to test experimentally the effectiveness of a presurgical teaching intervention on reducing the anxiety of children undergoing outpatient surgery and in facilitating the children's emotional adjustment during the postsurgical period. The efficacy of a child teaching session combined with a parent teaching session was compared with the efficacy of a parent only session. The participants of the study were 33 children, ages 4 to 12, and their parents. Two weeks following the child's surgery, the parents assessed the child's postsurgical adjustment by completing the Post Hospital Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ). Data was analyzed by t-test using.05 as the significance level. Results of the t-test showed no significant difference between the experimental and the control groups (t = 1.910, df = 27, p =.067). However, both groups showed behavioral upset on the PHBQ following surgery (control group = 87.75, experimental group = 84.46). This increased behavioral upset suggests that surgery is anxiety producing in children. The trend toward lower scores in the experimental group indicated less behavior upset and therefore less anxiety for the children receiving the teaching intervention.
Identifier: 9780591455038 (isbn), 15433 (digitool), FADT15433 (IID), fau:12198 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Subject(s): Ambulatory surgery for children
Preoperative care
Patient education
Nurse and patient
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