Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia: A pilot study on the effectiveness of preoperative clown intervention
Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia: A pilot study on the effectiveness of preoperative clown intervention
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105313475900
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Bozicevic, Laura
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作者：
Agostini, Francesca;Monti, Fiorella;Bozicevic, Laura
由于儿科麻醉诱导可引起儿童和家长的焦虑，本研究旨在评估小丑干预在降低母亲术前焦虑和压力方面的有效性。在麻醉诱导之前，25名儿童被随机分配到小丑干预组，25名儿童被分配到对照组，接受常规程序。在等候室和与孩子分开后，测量了母亲的焦虑和压力。结果表明，分离后，只有小丑组的母亲状态焦虑显著降低，躯体化倾向没有增加。此外，在小丑干预后，年龄较大的孩子的母亲显著降低了感知到的压力水平。由于小丑干预能积极影响母亲的焦虑和压力，建议在临床医院环境中推广。
As induction of pediatric anesthesia can elicit anxiety in children and parents alike, this study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of clown intervention in decreasing maternal anxiety and stress in the preoperative phase. Before anesthesia induction, 25 children were randomly assigned to clown intervention and 25 to a control group with a routine procedure. In the waiting room and after separation from the child, maternal anxiety and stress were measured. The results showed that after separation, only in the clown group, maternal state anxiety significantly decreased and the tendency to somatization did not increase. Moreover, after clown intervention, older children's mothers significantly reduced the level of perceived stress. As clown intervention can positively influence maternal anxiety and stress in the preoperative period, its promotion in clinical-hospital environments is recommended.