Evaluating the effectiveness of preoperative interventions: the appropriateness of using the children's emotional manifestation scale

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 16; no. 10; pp. 1919 - 1926
• Main Author: Li, Ho Cheung William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2007; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - nursing; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - psychology; Analysis of Variance; Anxiety; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - physiopathology; Anxiety - prevention & control; Attitude to Health; Blood Pressure; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Child, Hospitalized - psychology; children; Children & youth; Effectiveness studies; emotional responses; Emotions; Female; Heart Rate; Hong Kong; Humans; Intervention; Male; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing Assessment - methods; Nursing Evaluation Research - methods; Patient Education as Topic - methods; Play Therapy - methods; Preoperative Care - methods; Preoperative Care - nursing; Preoperative Care - psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; Hong Kong
• ISSN: 0962-1067; 1365-2702
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01784.x

Aims.  This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two preoperative nursing interventions and examining the appropriateness of using the Children's Emotional Manifestation Scale in evaluating the effectiveness of preoperative interventions. Background.  There is some evidence that the Chil...