title: [What preoperative information do the parents of children undergoing surgery want?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Parents feel fear and anxiety before surgery is performed on their child, and those feelings could obstruct their preparation for the surgery. Preoperative information could relieve those feelings.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the preoperative information needs of parents of children undergoing elective surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A study was conducted on the parents of children who underwent elective surgery. Demographic data of parents were recorded. Preoperative information received or would like to have received was assessed in terms of contents, methods, opportunity, place and informant. Descriptive statistics were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen hundred parents were surveyed. More than 80% of them want preoperative information about anaesthesia, surgery, preoperative fasting, drugs and anaesthetic complications, monitoring, intravenous line management, pain treatment, postoperative feeding, anxiety control, hospitalisation room, recovery room, and entertainment in recovery room. Most want to be informed verbally, one to two weeks in advance and not on the same day of surgery. The informant should be the surgeon and in his office. In addition, they want information through leaflets, videos and simulation workshops, or guided tours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents need complete preoperative information about anesthesia, surgery and postoperative care, received verbally and in advance.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Recuperación General, Hospital Clínico Red Salud UC Christus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Recuperación General, Hospital Clínico Red Salud UC Christus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: María Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Recuperación General, Hospital Clínico Red Salud UC Christus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Constanza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
authors.affiliation: División de Anestesiología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Héctor J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lacassie
authors.affiliation: División de Anestesiología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: gonzalea@med.puc.cl.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Anestesia pediátrica; Ansiedad preoperatoria; Cirugía pediátrica; Educación preoperatoria; Información preoperatoria; Padres; Paediatric surgery; Parents; Pediatric anaesthesia; Preoperative anxiety; Preoperative education; Preoperative information