Relationship between prepatory information, preoperative and postoperative anxiety, and coping strategies in children and adolescents undergoing surgery.

2005-01-01
The aim of the study was to examine whether prepatory information before surgery was effective on adaptation to surgery process. The sample consisted of sixty children. Children were randomly divided into four groups. "Information group" was informed about the surgery process. "Information with mother group" was informed about the surgery procedure together with their mothers. "Interview group" did not receive any information, however, they were only interviewed on hospital environment and their hobbies or sphere of interests. And the "control group" received no treatment before the surgery. Data was collected utilizing the state form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C), Attitudes Toward Hospital and Health Professionals Scale, and Ways of Coping Inventory for Children (KID-COPE). The results of the present study demonstrated that compared to the control group children, all treatment groups were adaptive in terms of decreasing post intervention and post operation anxiety levels of children and there were no significant differences between treatment groups, namely, information, information with mother and interview. Groups did not significantly differ in terms of their attitudes toward the hospital and health professionals. However, in terms of coping strategies, children who were informed alone or with their mothers reported more "positive coping" and less "blame & anger" and "avoidance" compared to other groups. Results were discussed within the context of relevant literature.

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Citation Formats
S. Ercan and B. Öner Özkan, “Relationship between prepatory information, preoperative and postoperative anxiety, and coping strategies in children and adolescents undergoing surgery.,” pp. 263–275, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/82261.