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Educational Comic Story about Preoperative OrientationOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Background: The preoperative period is considered a stressful experience for children because of unfamiliarity with the environment and medical procedures. Comic storytelling information produces cognitive control that diminishes anxiety through developing realistic expectations, correcting misperceptions and misbeliefs. Therefore, aim of the study is to assess effect of an educational comic story about preoperative orientation on information and anxiety level of children undergoing surgery. A quasi-experimental research design has been used. A purposive sample of 62 children was recruited from the 1st of February 2020 to the end of April 2020 at the surgical unit affiliated to Mansoura University Children’s Hospital (MUCH). Three tools were used to collect data; child’s information level was collected using a structured interview questionnaire, preoperative anxiety level was measured using the self-report Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAS) and, the observational modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS). The results revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences in information, self-reported anxiety, and observed anxiety between pre-test and post-test at (p=0.000) for all. Moreover, a negative linear correlation between children’s anxiety and information level was demonstrated. The study concluded that comics had a significantly effective way of reducing anxiety in children during the preoperative period. So, it is recommended to incorporate the educational comic story into the routine preoperative nursing preparation for school-age children undergoing surgery.