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Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery
Joint Authors
Vaos, George
Charana, Aikaterini
Iatrou, Christos
Chloropoulou, Pelagia
Tripsianis, Grigorios
Matziou, Vasiliki
Source
Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
A surgical operation in pediatric patients is a rather stressful experience for both children and their parents.
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of specific demographic characteristics in parent’s and children’s preoperative anxiety.
Methods.
The sample was composed of 128 Greek-speaking children (1–14 years of age) who had to undergo minor surgery in a University General Hospital.
Before surgical operation, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire and a questionnaire for the social-demographic characteristics were completed by the parents.
Children’s preoperative anxiety was evaluated using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS).
Results.
The independent predictors of increased anxiety levels in parents are child’s age (p=0.024) and gender (girls: p=0.008), living in rural areas (parents: p<0.001; children: p=0.009), being a mother (p=0.046), high or low education level (p=0.031), a no premedicated child (p=0.007), and high baseline parental anxiety (p=0.003).
Previous hospitalization (p=0.019), high situational parental anxiety (p<0.001), no premedication (p=0.014), and being the only child in the family (p=0.045) are found to be the main determinants of preoperative anxiety control in children.
Conclusions.
This study identifies possible risk factors of preoperative anxiety in parents and their children, which are high parental anxiety, child’s age, no premedication, being the only child in the family, living in rural areas, education level, and previous hospitalization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Charana, Aikaterini& Tripsianis, Grigorios& Matziou, Vasiliki& Vaos, George& Iatrou, Christos& Chloropoulou, Pelagia. 2018. Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery. Anesthesiology Research and Practice،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122882
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Charana, Aikaterini…[et al.]. Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery. Anesthesiology Research and Practice No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Charana, Aikaterini& Tripsianis, Grigorios& Matziou, Vasiliki& Vaos, George& Iatrou, Christos& Chloropoulou, Pelagia. Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery. Anesthesiology Research and Practice. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1122882
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1122882