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Parental Anxiety During Children’s Surgery: The Effect of Preoperative Cognitive Behavioral Program

D'Souza, Preethy; Bhadhuri, Aparna; George, Anice; G, Renu; (2013) Parental Anxiety During Children’s Surgery: The Effect of Preoperative Cognitive Behavioral Program. International Journal of Law, Psychology and Human Life , 2 (1) pp. 1-7. Green open access

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Abstract

Hospitalization and surgery are very stressful and traumatic events for both children and their families. The research focuses on developing and evaluating preoperative cognitive behavioral program in reducing the anxiety of parents of children undergoing surgery. The quasi experimental design used purposive sampling in which 20 parents were allotted to the control group and 20 parents to the experimental group. Results showed that preoperative cognitive behavioral program was effective in decreasing parental anxiety.

Type: Article
Title: Parental Anxiety During Children’s Surgery: The Effect of Preoperative Cognitive Behavioral Program
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/parent...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Anxiety, Parents, Cognitive Behavior, Surgery, Preoperative
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10180782
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