title: [Efficacy of short-term educational intervention for parents of preschool children with anxiety].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the efficacy of short-term educational intervention for parents of preschool children with anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-nine children with Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale (SPAS) scores of ≥ 48 were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The children's parents in the intervention group received a collective curriculum on children's anxiety management six times, while the control group was only followed up. All children were evaluated for anxiety by the SPAS 3 and 6 months later, and then the results were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The test was completed in 21 cases of the intervention group and 22 cases of the control group. At month 3, the intervention group had a significantly lower percentage of children with SPAS scores of ≥ 48 than the control group (62% vs 91%; P<0.05), and this percentage was also significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group at month 6 (52% vs 82%; P<0.05). At month 3, the intervention group had a significantly reduced mean SPAS score, which was significantly lower than that of the control group (69 ± 12 vs 81 ± 12; P<0.01). At month 6, both groups showed significant decreases in SPAS score, but still the SPAS score was significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group (65 ± 13 vs 78 ± 13; P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early short-term education for parents can relieve their preschool children's anxiety effectively, but the long-term effect needs to be evaluated by follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health Care, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong 264100, China. 13156919099@126.com.
authors.forename: Ming-Zhe
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiao-Jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian-E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiao-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales