• Can J Nurs Res · Jan 1998

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    [Effects of a preoperative educational intervention on the behavior of parents of three to six-year old children having day surgery].

    • J Tourigny.
    • Ecole des sciences infirmières de l'Université d'Ottawa, Ontario.
    • Can J Nurs Res. 1998 Jan 1;30(2):135-59.

    AbstractThis quasi-experimental study assessed the effects of an intervention with the parents of children aged 3-6 at 2 weeks before the child's admission for day surgery. It entailed providing the parents with an educational booklet embodying the learning theories of Gagné and of Bandura. The 150-parent sampling was randomized into 2 experimental groups (receiving the educational booklet) and 1 control group (receiving only an information leaflet). Their behaviour was observed by means of video camera at various times on the day of surgery. In addition, the subjects themselves (usually the mother) assessed their level of anxiety. The parents in the experimental groups displayed greater competence on the day of surgery, and reported less anxiety, than did the control subjects. The study underscores the effectiveness of an educational approach favouring the use of family-targeted instructional material. It also shows that parents are able to use the information they receive to effectively prepare their tots for day surgery. The implications for research and clinical practice are examined from the vantage points of benefits to parents, child, and nursing staff and implementation of new ambulatory-care strategies.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…