Comparative Analysis: Implementation of a Pre-operative Educational Intervention to Decrease Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Congenital Heart Disease

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. A comparative study was used to explore the parents of children who had to undergo cardiac surgery. Pa...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric nursing 2017-07, Vol.35, p.144-148
Main Authors: Simeone, Silvio, Pucciarelli, Gianluca, Perrone, Marco, Rea, Teresa, Gargiulo, Gianpaolo, Dell'Angelo, Grazia, Guillari, Assunta, Comentale, Giuseppe, Palma, Gaetano, Vosa, Carlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Cardiac surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital heart disease
Female
Health Education - methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heart Defects, Congenital - psychology
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing
Nursing educational intervention
Parent-Child Relations
Parents - education
Preoperative Care - nursing
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Summary: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. 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. 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]). In order to decrease levels of parental anxiety and stress prior to paediatric surgery, parents should be adequately informed about planned therapeutic procedures. 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.
ISSN:0882-5963
1532-8449
DOI:10.1016/j.pedn.2017.01.008