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Visual guidelines and tutoring in pediatric urological surgery

The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the impact of visual guidelines (picture book) and parents tutoring on pediatric urological surgery on parent's stress and anxiety, the number of postoperative contacts, and complications. Following institutional ethical committee app...

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Published in:Current urology 2024-03, Vol.18 (1), p.18-22
Main Authors: Kotcherov, Stanislav, Rotem, Shahar, Jaber, Jawdat, Avraham, Galit, Lev, Gennady, Darmon, Michal, Gabay, Yudith, Chertin, Boris
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Summary:The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the impact of visual guidelines (picture book) and parents tutoring on pediatric urological surgery on parent's stress and anxiety, the number of postoperative contacts, and complications. Following institutional ethical committee approval, a special picture book reflecting different stages of the convalescent period following multiple types of pediatric urological surgery was developed. Parents were randomly divided into 2 groups in which 33 parents in Group 1 received the picture book in addition to routine instructions prior to the surgery and 31 in Group 2 received only routine postoperative instructions. The parents were asked to answer a questionnaire (Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale) regarding the level of anxiety before surgery and immediately after surgery in the recovery room. The number of postoperative parent's calls, nonplaned emergency room visits, and complications were recorded. No statistically significant difference in perioperative parental anxiety was found = 0.88). The visual tutoring group had a significantly lower rate of emergency room admissions (6.6% vs. 18.6%, = 0.0433), however parents from this group made a higher number of postoperative calls (9.9% vs. 3.1%, = 0.38). Two (6.6%) from the tutoring group expressed their desire to omit visual counseling in future surgical preparation and 4 (13.2%) did not have an opinion. Overall satisfaction with regards to the preoperative counseling and information and the number of postoperative complications was similar in both groups. Visual tutoring does not add any value to parental anxiety but seems helpful in reducing postoperative emergency room visits. Some parents preferred to exclude visual information from future preoperative counseling.
ISSN:1661-7649
1661-7657
DOI:10.1097/CU9.0000000000000066