“…Many studies have shown that anxiety and depression are the most common psychosocial reactions to diseases and hospitalization (Coyne, 2006; Lyu, Zhang, Bu, Zhou, & Zhao, 2019). Studies of parental participation in the care of hospitalized children showed that it diminishes children's anxiety about hospitalization and thus improves their adaptation to the hospital environment and treatment (Coyne, 2006; Daneman et al, 2003; Romaniuk, 2009). Children become less anxious when their parents take part in their care.…”