Liting Ji1, Xiaoping Zhang1, Hui Fan2, Mei Han1, Haitao Yang1, Lihua Tang1, Yan Shao3, Yunping Lan4, Dongbai Li5. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoninng, China. 2. Department of Oncology, Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoninng, China. 3. Department of Operating Room, Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoninng, China. 4. Department of Anesthesiology, City Center Hospital of Qu Zhou, Qu Zhou, Zhejiang, China. 5. Department of Anesthesiology, Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoninng, China. Electronic address: dblee69@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There is no existing standard format for preoperative anesthesia education. The drawMD APP is an visible preoperative education tool. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of drawMD APP on pre-operative anesthesia education. METHODS: The parents were randomized to receive drawMD APP-aided pre-operative anesthesia education or standard verbal education. Parental anxiety was measured before education (T0) and immediately after education (T1), and after operation (T4). Children's anxiety was assessed before education (T0) and at the operation room (T2). Children's emergence behavior and Parents' satisfaction were assessed after operation (T4). RESULTS: The parents' anxiety levels at T1 and T4 were significantly lower than that of the control. The satisfaction scores in the drawMD group were significantly higher than that in the control group. There were no differences in children's anxiety and the incidence of emergence delirium between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: The drawMD APP-aided pre-operative education is effective in the reduction of parental pre-operative anxiety and in improvement of parents' satisfaction, but has no influence on children. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Anesthesiologists can consider using drawMD APP to conduct pre-operative education in parents whose children are scheduled for surgery.
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OBJECTIVE: There is no existing standard format for preoperative anesthesia education. The drawMD APP is an visible preoperative education tool. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of drawMD APP on pre-operative anesthesia education. METHODS: The parents were randomized to receive drawMD APP-aided pre-operative anesthesia education or standard verbal education. Parental anxiety was measured before education (T0) and immediately after education (T1), and after operation (T4). Children's anxiety was assessed before education (T0) and at the operation room (T2). Children's emergence behavior and Parents' satisfaction were assessed after operation (T4). RESULTS: The parents' anxiety levels at T1 and T4 were significantly lower than that of the control. The satisfaction scores in the drawMD group were significantly higher than that in the control group. There were no differences in children's anxiety and the incidence of emergence delirium between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: The drawMD APP-aided pre-operative education is effective in the reduction of parental pre-operative anxiety and in improvement of parents' satisfaction, but has no influence on children. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Anesthesiologists can consider using drawMD APP to conduct pre-operative education in parents whose children are scheduled for surgery.
Authors: Yaron Connelly; Roni Lotan; Yitzhak Brzezinski Sinai; Dan Rolls; Amir Beker; Eilone Abensour; Orit Neudorfer; Daniel Stocki Journal: JMIR Form Res Date: 2022-05-05