Preocupaciones prequirúrgicas: estudio empírico con población infantil y adolescente

Providing preoperative information for children undergoing surgery: a randomized study testing different types of educational material to reduce children's preoperative worries

“…In addition, the results showed that gender was also an important predictor, contributing beyond what was accounted for by the educative materials. These findings are in line with the literature, which suggests that males' patients tend to report lower levels of worry compared to females [25,27,76]. Regarding the other potential predictors, statistically significant bivariate correlations were found between preoperative worries and age, emotional temperament, and coping strategies.…”

“…Previous research suggested that negative behaviors and preoperative anxiety are more common in older children [20,25], females [25][26][27], and children with previous surgery experience [13,28,29]. We expected that these factors could predict children's preoperative worries, since they are vulnerability factors for the clinical symptoms of anxiety [19].…”

Psychometric Assessment of the Child Surgery Worries Questionnaire Among Portuguese Children

“…Although, some authors (Barlow, 2002;Silverman et al, 1995;Sebastián et al, 2001) have defined worry as a cognitive-verbal component of anxiety, recent studies have shown that anxiety and worry are related but independent constructs that should be conceptually distinguished (Kelly, 2008;Zebb & Beck, 1998). Anxiety is a global construct characterized by somatic sensations, cognitive elements, behavioral components and physical changes (Barlow, 2002;Spielberger, 1983;Spielberger, 2004) while other authors have conceptualized worry as cognitive in nature (Borkovec et al, 1983;Zebb & Beck, 1998).…”

“…Children's worries about surgery tend to be related to death, pain, disability, and negative surgical outcomes (Quiles, Ortigosa, & Méndez, 1999;Sebastián, Carrillo & Quiles, 2001). Children tend to worry about all aspects of a surgical procedure, e.g., efficacy, effects, and duration, but irrational beliefs and distorted perception about anesthesia are often particularly prominent themes in their worries (Sebastián et al, 2001;Rassin, Gutman, & Silner, 2004).…”

“…Gender differences seem to play an important role in determining children's cognitive responses (Nelson & Allen, 1999;Sebastián et al, 2001;Silverman et al, 1995). Several studies have shown gender differences concerning worry, indicating a greater tendency among female children to express higher preoperative worries than males (Fernandes, Arriaga, & Esteves, 2014a;Méndez et al, 2003;Nelson & Allen, 1999).…”