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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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  • Research Article   
  • J Community Med Health Educ 9: 660,

The Impact of Pre-operative Education in Managing Distress among Adolescents

Afërdita Mustafa* and Orgesë Rafuna
Department of Nursing, Heimerer College, Kolegji Heimerer University, Kosovo
*Corresponding Author : Afërdita Mustafa, Department of Nursing, Heimerer College, Kolegji Heimerer University, Kosovo, Email: aferdita.mustafa@kolegjiheimerer.eu

Received Date: Jun 14, 2019 / Accepted Date: Jul 02, 2019 / Published Date: Jul 09, 2019

Abstract

This study aims to investigate how preoperative education provided by nurses affects the reduction of preoperative patient concerns and distress. 185 children were randomly selected for the study. Since the questionnaire was dedicated only to the adolescent age group, the criteria for inclusion in the research was the age of subjects from 11 to 14 years. The Child Surgery Worries Questionnaire Adolescents Form was used, this questionnaire is a valuable and important tool for measuring the concerns related to the operation. Significant differences have been found between children who have gone through preoperative education and those who have not. Results from descriptive statistics analysis and t-test analysis have shown significant differences between children with interventions and those without interventions in the level of distress of separation from parents. Results from regression analyses haw shown differences between two groups (with intervention and without intervention) in the levels of concern about hospitalization, medical procedures and concern about illness.

Keywords: Preoperative education; Children; Adolescents; Distress management; Nurses; Health; Mental health

Citation: Mustafa A, Rafuna O (2019) The Impact of Pre-operative Education in Managing Distress in Children. J Community Med Health Educ 9: 660.

Copyright: © 2019 Mustafa A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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