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ReviewThe Psychiatric quarterly2020

Pre-operative Anxiety in Pediatric Surgery Patients: Multiple Case Study Analysis with Literature Review.

Emily Fronk, Stephen Bates Billick

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Review in The Psychiatric quarterly, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05094141 (Randomized Pilot Crossover Study Comparing Virtual Reality), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05094141 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Randomized Pilot Crossover Study Comparing Virtual Reality (VR) and Non-VR Distraction for Decreasing Preoperative/Procedural Anxiety as a Function of the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterRan2021 to 2024Enrolled89ConditionsPreoperative AnxietyArmsVirtual reality
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Whole-course high-quality nursing combined with nutritional intervention improves perioperative outcomes in spinal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  11. Research Progress on Risk Factors of Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emily FronkDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA. em.fronk@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6892-5622
Stephen Bates BillickDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, One Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 particularly important for healthcare providers and others involved in the child's care, such as the parents, to be aware of interventions that can be used to reduce the onset of pre-operative anxiety and, thus, the likelihood of negative post-operative changes. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize the reader with the issue of pre-operative anxiety through a review of the literature and analysis of case studies. First, the paper looks at the causes of pre-operative anxiety and its effect on the development of maladaptive behavioral, emotional, and physiological changes. It then discusses the ways pre-operative anxiety can be measured and current methods for reducing the post-operative adverse outcomes associated with it. After doing so, it proposes the need for additional research and the use of precision medicine by physicians.

Indexed as

PediatricsPsychology, ChildAdolescentAnxietyChildFemaleHumansMaleParentsSurgical Procedures, OperativeAnxiolytic interventionsPediatric psychiatryPediatric surgeryPre-operative anxiety

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PMID32424544

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