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Effects of a Clown-Nurse Educational Intervention on the Reduction of Postoperative Anxiety and Pain Among Preschool Children and Their Accompanying Parents in South Korea
- Title
- Effects of a Clown-Nurse Educational Intervention on the Reduction of Postoperative Anxiety and Pain Among Preschool Children and Their Accompanying Parents in South Korea
- Authors
- Yun O.B.; Kim S.-J.; Jung D.
- Ewha Authors
- 정덕유
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 정덕유
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Journal Title
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing
- ISSN
- 0882-5963
- Citation
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing vol. 30, no. 6, pp. e89 - e99
- Keywords
- Children; Day surgery; Nursing; Preschool; Strabismus
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders
- Indexed
- SCIE; SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- This study examined the effects of a clown-nurse educational intervention on children undergoing day surgery for strabismus. This was a quasi-experimental study, using a nonequivalent control group, non-synchronized design. Fifty preschool children and their parents were invited to participate. The children in the intervention group (n = 23) received clown therapy and subsequently reported significantly lower states of physiological anxiety, which was evidenced by systolic blood pressure, standardized behavioral anxiety tests, and post-surgery pain, than the control group (n = 27). In addition, the parents in the experimental group showed a low state of physiological anxiety, evidenced by systolic blood pressure, pulse rates, standardized behavioral anxiety tests, and state-trait anxiety. The use of preoperative clown intervention may alleviate postoperative problems, not only for children, but also for their parents. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.03.003
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- 간호대학 > 간호학전공 > Journal papers
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