Effects of education of paediatric patients undergoing elective surgical procedures on their anxiety – a systematic review

Abstract

Education can be incorporated into the care provided to children aged four to six years or older undergoing elective surgical procedures, according to their individualised needs.

The effectiveness of age‐appropriate pre‐operative information session on the anxiety level of school‐age children undergoing elective surgery in Jordan

“…Inversely, no significant differences found in the anxiety levels among intervention and control groups after the study intervention (Lee et al, ; (Ji et al, ; Tabrizi et al, ). In the systematic review by Copanitsanou and Valkeapää (), the vast majority of children in the education groups reported lower anxiety scores in 12 out of the 16 studies which were included.…”

“…Moreover, story coloring booklet for children during the waiting period for surgery distracted them from the stressful hospital situation (Tanaka et al, ). It is documented that lack of knowledge of what will happen is the main cause of children anxiety before surgery (Copanitsanou & Valkeapää, ); Tabrizi et al, ). In the same stream, the current study intervention might increase knowledge of children in the intervention group about surgery.…”

Treatment of oral malodour. Medium‐term efficacy of mechanical and/or chemical agents: a systematic review

“…Based on randomized controlled clinical trials (RCT) with systemically healthy individuals (Copanitsanou & Valkeapää ), what is the effect of a dentifrice (DF), a mouthwash (MW), tongue cleaning (TC), or any combination of these as adjunct to toothbrushing on oral malodour parameters assessed by Volatile Sulphur Compounds (VSC) levels or organoleptic scores (ORG) as compared to toothbrushing alone when used for a follow‐up period ≥2 weeks?…”

A combined intervention of art therapy and clown visits to reduce preoperative anxiety in children

“…, Slayton et al . , Copanitsanou & Valkeapää ). Few studies, however, have tested the effectiveness of combining different interventions, such as oral premedication and psychological preparation, or parental presence and premedication (Lerman , Arai et al .…”