Evaluations of psychological preparation for children undergoing endoscopy.
We provided psychological preparation to children who were hospitalized for endoscopy. We performed a multifaceted evaluation of the effects of the preparation to identify appropriate methods for individual children. The subjects were 20 children, ages 4 to 15 years (average 9.9 years), who were divided into 3 groups according to the preparation methods. From our study, we suggest that it is important to discuss the preparation methods for medical procedures using methods appropriate to the level of cognitive development of each individual child.
Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ktanaka@juntento.ac.jp
Kyoko
K
Tanaka
Nao
N
Oikawa
Rieko
R
Terao
Yoshie
Y
Negishi
Toru
T
Fujii
Takahiro
T
Kudo
Toshiaki
T
Shimizu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control