The Effect of Child Preference for Parental Selection on Pediatric Anxiety During Induction in Children Undergoing Elective Day Case Surgery
CONCLUSIONS: Significantly lower anxiety scores were recorded during the induction of anesthesia for the children who had a chance to select their accompanying parent before surgery. Thus, the overall interaction between the child and the parent before the perioperative period may be accepted as an important factor for the reduction of anxiety during anesthesia induction.PMID:38054915 | DOI:10.1016/j.jopan.2023.08.021
Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Yucedag Fatih Sezgin Arife Bilge Aysegul Basaran Betul Source Type: research
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