Objective To examine the effectiveness of Audiovisual (AV) interventions at reducing
preoperative anxiety and its associated outcomes in children undergoing elective surgery …

Background: Preoperative anxiety has adverse effects on children and negative impacts on
postoperative rehabilitation. Anesthesiologists can accurately identify children with …

Background Games are increasingly being used as a means of alleviating pain and anxiety
in paediatric patients, in the view that this form of distraction is effective, non‐invasive and …

Background Preoperative anxiety in pediatric patients can affect the course of surgery and
cause adverse outcomes. Distraction is used as a measure to reduce preoperative anxiety in …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the factors predicting anticipatory distress to
painful medical procedures in children. Methods A systematic search was conducted to …

Objective: Pediatric hypnosis has a useful role in pre‐, peri‐, and post‐anesthesia to
minimize anticipatory anxiety, and as adjunctive treatment to reduce and control pain. This …

Background Induction of anesthesia can be stressful: Up to 60% of children suffer significant
anxiety immediately before surgery. Anxiety is associated with higher postoperative …

Pre-operative anxiety affects millions of pediatric surgery patients each year and can have
both short and long-term adverse effects in the post-operative period. As a result, it is …

Background Preoperative anxiety in children is harmful. Despite this, there is a scarcity of
studies examining the incidence of preoperative anxiety and its related effects in China. This …

What is known and Objective It is estimated that 60% of children undergoing anaesthesia
develop severe preoperative anxiety. The anxiety is associated with adverse reactions …