A Descriptive Survey of the Information Needs of Parents of Children Admitted for Same Day Surgery

Levels of anxiety in parents in the 24 hr before and after their child's surgery: A descriptive study

“…Extensive investigation has been carried out on how information is communicated to parents in the preoperative phase (Franck & Spencer, ; Healy, ). In the present study, parents reported not receiving all the information they needed during their children's hospitalisation.…”

Effects of postoperative pain management educational interventions on the outcomes of parents and their children who underwent an inpatient elective surgery: A randomized controlled trial

“…With the large number of children undergoing surgery each year, decreased lengths of hospital stay and the shortage of bedside nurses, parental participation in their children's postoperative care, such as assessing and managing pain, is expected (DeMaso & Bujoreanu, 2013;Lim, Mackey, Liam, & He, 2012;Ruiz, Rivers, & Pop, 2012). However, several qualitative studies (Lim et al, 2012;Longard, Twycross, Williams, Hong, & Chorney, 2016; P€ olkki, Pietil€ a, Vehvil€ ainen-Julkunen, Laukkala, & Ryhanen, 2002;Tait, Voepel-Lewis, Snyder, & Malviya, 2008;Valizadeh, Ahmadi, & Zarea, 2016) and a quantitative survey (Healy, 2013) from various countries widely reported that parents had inadequate information and knowledge regarding pain relief strategies for their children's postoperative pains. Parents' misconceptions on the tolerance, side effects and addiction of analgesics (Finley, Kristjansdottir, & Forgeron, 2009;Lim et al, 2012;Rony, Fortier, Chorney, Perret, & Kain, 2010) can lead to inadequate uses of pain medication for their children (Voepel-Lewis, Zikmund-Fisher, Smith, Zyzanski, & Tait, 2015), especially when conflicting symptoms like high pain and an adverse effect are present (Longard et al, 2016;Voepel-Lewis et al, 2015).…”

¿Qué información preoperatoria desean los padres de niños que serán operados?

“…Un programa de educación preoperatoria, para que sea efectivo, debe estar fundamentado en las necesidades de información que tienen los padres en cuanto a los contenidos de esta, a los métodos para entregarla y al momento de recibirla 5,16,17 .…”