Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers

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Autor(a) principal: Arriaga, P.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Pacheco, C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12259
Resumo: This study investigated the effects of hospital Clown Doctors intervention on child and caregiver preoperative anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers. A total of 88 children (aged 4-12 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: Clown Doctors intervention or control group (standard care). Independent observational records using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale instrument assessed children’s anxiety, while the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory measured caregiver’s state anxiety. In addition, caregivers assessed the children’s functional health problems by completing the Functional Status Questionnaire. Although no effects of Clown Doctors were found on children’s anxiety, results showed that both low functional health problems and Clown Doctors intervention were significant predictors of lower caregiver anxiety. Caregivers also reported being very satisfied with their intervention. Overall, this study demonstrated the positive role of Clown Doctors for caregivers at a specific pediatric hospital setting.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
title Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
spellingShingle Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
Arriaga, P.
Hospital clowning
Pediatric surgery
Preoperative anxiety
Functional health status
Caregivers
title_short Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
title_full Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
title_fullStr Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
title_full_unstemmed Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
title_sort Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers
author Arriaga, P.
author_facet Arriaga, P.
Pacheco, C.
author_role author
author2 Pacheco, C.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Arriaga, P.
Pacheco, C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Hospital clowning
Pediatric surgery
Preoperative anxiety
Functional health status
Caregivers
topic Hospital clowning
Pediatric surgery
Preoperative anxiety
Functional health status
Caregivers
description This study investigated the effects of hospital Clown Doctors intervention on child and caregiver preoperative anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers. A total of 88 children (aged 4-12 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: Clown Doctors intervention or control group (standard care). Independent observational records using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale instrument assessed children’s anxiety, while the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory measured caregiver’s state anxiety. In addition, caregivers assessed the children’s functional health problems by completing the Functional Status Questionnaire. Although no effects of Clown Doctors were found on children’s anxiety, results showed that both low functional health problems and Clown Doctors intervention were significant predictors of lower caregiver anxiety. Caregivers also reported being very satisfied with their intervention. Overall, this study demonstrated the positive role of Clown Doctors for caregivers at a specific pediatric hospital setting.
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