Stress management training for parents and their children undergoing cardiac catheterization.
A program to prepare school age patients for cardiac catheterization is described and evaluated. Children and their parents were provided with a combination of interventions including information, supportive counseling, and stress management training. A team approach was used to reduce anxiety and upset and to increase cooperation of pediatric patients in the hospital and following discharge.
Campbell
Lois
L
Children's Hospital of San Diego.
Clark
Mary
M
Children's Hospital of San Diego.
Kirkpatrick
Stanley E
SE
Children's Hospital of San Diego.
D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*