Developing a Computer Game to Prepare Children for Surgery

Rassin, Michal; Gutman, Yaira; Silner, Dina

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“…A variety of formats have been examined for preparation, such as computer programs, 26 videos, 27,28 puppets, 29 written summaries, 30 and live models. 31 Typically, the formats combine some diversion along with didactics and experiential learning.…”

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Behavioral Approaches to Anxiety and Pain Management for Pediatric Venous Access

2008

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Pediatric venous access causes unnecessary anxiety and pain in children and, in turn, can have detrimental consequences. Behavioral approaches to pediatric venous access distress management can be organized temporally. Specifically, preparation before the procedure includes providing children with sensory and procedural information in an age-appropriate manner and providing training in coping skills. It is important to consider the timing, format, and content of the approach to provide optimal preparation for the unique circumstances of the individual patient. In addition to the child patient, preparing parents and teaching them which specific behaviors might be most helpful to their child should prove valuable to both patient and parents. During the procedure, there are benefits to providing secure and comfortable positioning. In addition, researchers recommend that adults encourage children to cope and actively engage children in distracting activities. For infants, there is support for the distress-mitigation properties of swaddling, skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, and sucrose. After venous access, distraction and encouragement of coping should speed recovery. In sum, research in behavioral approaches to pediatric pain management has provided recommendations for minimizing children's anxiety and pain associated with venous access. Pediatrics 2008;122:S134-S139 P EDIATRIC PAIN FROM medical procedures results in short-term suffering, but there are recent data to indicate that there are also long-term detrimental effects. Specifically, early painful insults might have lasting negative effects on neuronal development, pain threshold and sensitivity, coping strategies, emotionality, and pain perceptions. 1,2 As an example, Bijttebier and Vertommen 3 showed that children with a history of negative medical experiences showed high anxiety before venipuncture and were distressed and uncooperative during the procedure. Childhood medical pain has also been linked to later adulthood fear, pain, and avoidance of medical care. 4 In addition, high pain at medical visits predicts missed future medical appointments and poor health care follow-up. [5][6][7] Fortunately, there is a rich body of data supporting behavioral strategies that mitigate the anxiety and pain associated with pediatric medical procedures generally, 8 and children's needle-related pain in particular. 9 Nonpharmacologic or behavioral approaches to acute pediatric pain are rooted in the gate-control theory. 10,11 The theory suggests that descending nerve impulses from the brain, such as thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and attention, can influence the ascending pain signal from the tissue damage. For example, anxiety might heighten pain experience, whereas attention focused on a pleasant activity might decrease pain. Thus, behavioral interventions typically involve teaching coping, inducing relaxation, or providing distraction. Although literature documenting the efficacy of behavioral interventions for children's acute medical pain exists, the data...

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“…Several studies have highlighted the relevant role of using video games to help patients cope with surgery (Patel et al, 2006;Rassin et al, 2004). Patel and colleagues (2006) analysed the effect of video games on cognitive distraction in children undergoing surgery, and showed its efficacy in reducing anxiety in both the preoperative and the perioperative phases.…”

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“…The use of video games as an educational tool to prepare children to cope with surgical processes and medical procedures has also been analysed, but few studies have evaluated their effects. To our knowledge, only one published work (Rassin et al, 2004) has reported on the development of a video game for elementary school-aged children to help them cope with surgical processes and medical procedures but limited its scope to tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy surgeries.…”

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“…In Rassin and co-author's study, children reported their preference for learning about surgery/hospitalization through a video game (Rassin et al, 2004). However, the authors only described the process of video game development, discussed its use to prepare children for surgery based on a review of the literature and interviews USING AN EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA 6 conducted with children, but the results of its efficacy were not tested.…”

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Using an Educational Multimedia Application to Prepare Children for Outpatient Surgeries

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Arriaga

Esteves

2014

Health Communication

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“…Par ailleurs, certains auteurs se montrent prudents au sujet de l'efficacité de ce moyen pour l'apprentissage ou le changement d'attitudes en matière de santé (Rassin, Gutman et Silner, 2004 ;Barab et al, 2005 ;Baldaro et al, 2004).…”

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Developing a Computer Game to Prepare Children for Surgery

Cited by 33 publications

References 12 publications

Behavioral Approaches to Anxiety and Pain Management for Pediatric Venous Access

Behavioral Approaches to Anxiety and Pain Management for Pediatric Venous Access

Using an Educational Multimedia Application to Prepare Children for Outpatient Surgeries

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