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  • Title: Parental visitation in the post-anesthesia care unit: a means to lessen anxiety.
    Author: Bru G, Carmody S, Donohue-Sword B, Bookbinder M.
    Journal: Child Health Care; 1993; 22(3):217-26. PubMed ID: 10127890.
    Abstract:
    Programs that assist parents and children with coping during hospitalization may minimize the emotional trauma of hospitalization and improve both child and family well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of parental visitation in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) on pre- and postoperative anxiety levels of pediatric patients and parents. Sixty-eight patient-parent pairs were enrolled in the study: 20 before implementing parental visitation and 48 following implementation. Although no differences were found in children's anxiety levels pre- to postoperatively, the anxiety levels of parents who visited their children in the PACU were significantly lower postoperatively.
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