Effect of Storytelling on Preoperative Anxiety and Fear among Children Undergoing Surgery | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 53, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 938-947 PDF (619.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.163257 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hoda Wahid Amer1; Hussein Mohamed Magdi Fakhreldin Mohamed2; Safaa Abdelazem Osman Ali3; Nagwa Ahmed Mohamed Souilm4; Donia Elsaid Fathi Zaghamir5 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Misr University for Science & Technology, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt | ||
| 4Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, South Vally University, Egypt | ||
| 5Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, PortSaid University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Children who are faced with surgical operations may experience anxiety, panic and fear before surgery and they are needed to both physical and psychological preparation. Aim of the study: Evaluate the effect of storytelling on preoperative anxiety and fear among children undergoing surgery. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in the current study. Subjects: 100 children from 4-8 years were equally and randomly assigned into two groups, the first was the control group and the second was storytelling intervention group. Setting: The current study was conducted at the General Pediatric Surgical Unit at Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital (CUSPH). Tools: an Interview Structured Questionnaire was developed by the researchers, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and Children's Fear Scale was utilized for collecting the data. Results: Preoperative anxiety scores and fear were lower among children after storytelling intervention than before. Highly statistically significant differences were detected between the total mean score of anxiety scores and fear in the pretest and posttest before surgery (P=0.000). Conclusion: Storytelling method is an effective distraction technique for reducing preoperative anxiety and fear among children undergoing surgery compared to children in the control group who received routine hospital care. Recommendations: Application of the storytelling technique as non- pharmacological management beside routine hospital programs for children undergoing surgery is recommended among nurses who care children in order to reduce preoperative anxiety, panic and fear level. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Storytelling; preoperative anxiety; fear; children; surgery; distraction | ||
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