“…Several studies have documented this relationship between child and parental anxiety (Fincher, Shaw & Ramelet, 2012). In addition, preoperative educational programs concerning the hospital and medical procedures may reduce parental anxiety USING AN EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA 8 (Watson & Visram, 2003), not only when preoperative information is provided directly to parents, but also through their child's preparation (Watson & Visram, 2003), given that parents could be indirectly involved in the activities through their child (Fincher et al, 2012). Thus, we also expected that parents in the Educational Multimedia Group would report less anxiety than those in the Control and in the Entertainment Video Game Group (H6).…”