A randomized controlled trial of an at‐home preparation programme for Japanese preschool children: effects on children's and caregivers' anxiety associated with surgery

Abstract

A specially designed at-home preparation programme as an outpatient care is effective to encourage parent-child verbal interaction concerning surgery and reduce both children and caregivers' anxiety associated with surgery.

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of an educational intervention on outcomes of parents and their children undergoing inpatient elective surgery: study protocol

“…Using the booklet and video to deliver educational intervention is proposed due to the fact that they are relatively easy for administration and have low production cost (Wakimizu et al . ). In addition, video is an effective and efficient teaching tool and a previous study has demonstrated that it is effective in increasing parental knowledge about postoperative pain among children (Greenberg et al .…”

“…Thus, using an educational booklet and video with or without face‐to‐face teaching is a practical and cost‐effective method to prepare parents and their children for surgical hospitalization (Wakimizu et al . ).…”

Children's postoperative symptoms at home through nurse‐led telephone counseling and its effects on parents’ anxiety: A randomized controlled trial

“…The pediatric surgery nurses’ role in planning discharge from hospital is quite important (Frisch, Johnson, Timmons, & Weatherford, ; Wakimizu, Kamagata, Kuwabara, & Kamibeppu, ), especially as the time between the operation and the patients’ discharge is very short in outpatient surgery. In this short period, it is the nurses’ responsibility to reduce the patients’ pain, address the anxiety of the patients and families, and inform them about the patients’ home care and possible complications (Browne et al., ).…”

Psycho-educational preparation of children for anaesthesia: A review of intervention methods

“…respond optimally when the information is presented one week before surgery [70]. On the other hand, when time before surgery and the age of children allow this, preparatory materials can be sent directly at home [52]. This method is also accompanied by a high rate of satisfaction of the caregivers involved.…”

“…The ADVANCE program has been found to have a positive effect in reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium, shortened discharge time and reduced analgesics use post surgery in comparison with the ordinary use of midazolam or with a simple use of parental presence. One of the Family-centred preparation programs was home-based and was usually run one week before surgery [52]. In this program, parents received a video and an auxiliary workbook to be used at home.…”