Preoperative Psychological Preparation of Children
Surgery and anaesthesia are significant sources of anxiety for children. In the preoperative period, reducing anxiety helps in preventing the negative consequences that may occur after surgery. The predetermined high-risk children in terms of the development of anxiety play an important role in redu...
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Published in | Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 344 - 346 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Turkey
Aves Yayincilik Ltd. STI
01.10.2015
Turkish Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Society |
Subjects | |
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Summary: | Surgery and anaesthesia are significant sources of anxiety for children. In the preoperative period, reducing anxiety helps in preventing the negative consequences that may occur after surgery. The predetermined high-risk children in terms of the development of anxiety play an important role in reducing the negative consequences. Recently featured approaches are modelling and coping techniques, although many techniques are used in the preoperative psychological preparation. The use of computer programs in this area may facilitate important achievements, and it needs to support new studies to be performed. |
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ISSN: | 2149-0937 2667-677X 2149-276X 2667-6370 |
DOI: | 10.5152/tjar.2015.16768 |