Parental Visitation in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: A Means to Lessen Anxiety
作者:
BruGeorgina,
CarmodySuzanne,
DonohueBarbara,
BookbinderMarilyn,
期刊:
Children's Health Care
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 3
页码: 217-226
ISSN:0273-9615
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2203_4
出版商: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Programs that assist parents and children with coping during hospitalization may minimize the emotional trauma of hospitalization and improve both child and family well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of parental visitation in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) on pre- and postoperative anxiety levels of pediatric patients and parents. Sixty-eight patient-parent pairs were enrolled in the study: 20 before implementing parental visitation and 48 following implementation. Although no differences were found in children's anxiety levels pre- to postoperatively, the anxiety levels of parents who visited their children in the PACU were significantly lower postoperatively.
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