Reduction of anxiety in the anteroom of the operating theater in pediatric patients

C. Silvente; J. Moix; A. Sanz

Reduction of anxiety in the anteroom of the operating theater in pediatric patients

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La investigació indica que l'ansietat abans de la intervenció quirúrgica en pacients pediàtrics afecta negativament la recuperació després de l'hospitalització. Per tant, es duen a terme nombroses investigacions per alleujar l'ansietat mitjançant diferents tècniques psicològiques en aquest moment crític durant el qual els infants se sotmeten a una cirurgia. En el nostre cas, hem considerat un dels recursos de l'Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: un equip voluntari que treballa a la sala d'espera del quiròfan per fer companyia als infants. L'objectiu de la nostra investigació ha estat formar aquests voluntaris (que prèviament no tenien cap formació específica per a aquesta tasca) i observar-ne els efectes sobre l'ansietat dels infants. Els subjectes del nostre estudi eren 140 nens i nenes d'entre 0 i 18 anys. Els resultats indiquen que la formació no només produeix canvis significatius en el comportament dels voluntaris, sinó que també ha resultat en un canvi de comportament en els infants abans de les intervencions quirúrgiques. D'aquesta manera, recomanem que tots els infants estiguin acompanyats per un voluntari format.

Idioma original	Anglès
Pàgines (de-a)	30-34
Revista	Cirugía pediátrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Pediátrica
Volum	13
Número	1
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - 1 de gen. 2000

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