Simeone S, Pucciarelli G, Perrone M, Rea T, Gargiulo G, Dell'Angelo G, Guillari A, Comentale G, Palma G, Vosa C. Comparative Analysis: Implementation of a Pre-operative Educational Intervention to Decrease Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Congenital Heart Disease.
J Pediatr Nurs 2017;
35:144-148. [PMID:
28131545 DOI:
10.1016/j.pedn.2017.01.008]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
The present study evaluated the efficacy of a nursing educational intervention in alleviating the level of parental anxiety in the parents of children who required heart surgery for the first time.
DESIGN AND METHODS
A comparative study was used to explore the parents of children who had to undergo cardiac surgery. Parents of children were randomized into 2 groups: 1) control group and 2) experimental group or parents that received the educational intervention about PICU stay.
RESULT
The results of STAY-1 showed that the average anxiety score of group 1 was lower than that of group 2 (63.0 [SD=3.5] vs. 70.4 [SD=2.8]).
CONCLUSION
In order to decrease levels of parental anxiety and stress prior to paediatric surgery, parents should be adequately informed about planned therapeutic procedures.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS
We speculate that pre-surgery parent education on what to expect before, during and after their child's cardiac surgery may improve parents' knowledge and satisfaction and decrease anxiety.
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