Effect of an Illustrated Educational Guide on Anxiety Level among Parents of Children Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 19, Issue 1, July 2017, Pages 129-146 PDF (477.73 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2017.208343 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Awatif Aly Elsharkawy* 1; Shadia Ramadan Morsy2 | ||
| 1Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| 2Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Cardiac catheterization is a stressful and anxiety induced experience for parents of children prior to cardiac catheterization. Thus, the responsibilities of a catheterization lab nurse begin with the assessment of parental anxiety as a part of pre-procedure preparation of parents. There is an evidence that information offered by CCL pediatric nurses pre-procedure reduces parental anxiety. Information can be provided by a variety of methods. In this study, it was provided by a printed material such as illustrated educational guide. Objective: The aims of the study are to develop an illustrated educational guide about pediatric cardiac catheterization and evaluate its effectiveness on anxiety level in parents of children undergoing cardiac catheterization. Setting: This study was conducted at Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Makassed General Hospital (MGH) Beirut, Lebanon. Subjects: It comprised of a convenience sample of 100 parents (father or mother). Parents were randomly allocated into two groups. The control group was educated by using conventional verbal information method while, the study group was educated by both verbal and use the illustrated educational guide about pediatric cardiac catheterization. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Illustrated educational Guide about Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization. Results: During pre-orientation phase, It was found that the highest percent of parents (74% in the study group and 68% in the control group) experiencing moderate anxiety before giving information either by using the informative guide about cardiac catheterization or verbally. Whereas, during post orientation phase, it was obviously noticed that the majority of parents (90%) in the study group exhibit low anxiety level after receiving information about cardiac catheterization using illustrated educational guide, compared to 40% of parents in the control group who received the information verbally. Conclusion: The results of the study denote using of a developed illustrated educational guide about pediatric cardiac catheterization was effective in reduction of anxiety level among parents. Recommendations: Cardiac catheterization nurses should develop an illustrated educational guide about cardiac catheterization to be used as a reference for orientation pre- cardiac catheterization procedure and disseminated to parents before discharge. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Pediatric cardiac catheterization; Parent anxiety; Educational guide | ||
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