ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Interventions for Parental Anxiety in Preparation for Pediatric Surgery: A Narrative Review.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effect of recorded mother's voice on emergence delirium in pediatric patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Jornal de pediatriaPooled it
- mHealth-Supported Perioperative Care for Family Caregivers of Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy (TONAPP): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Exploring the role of fathers' preoperative preparation in reducing anxiety and enhancing self-efficacy before pediatric open-heart surgery.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- Effect of Educational Brochures on Preprocedural Anxiety in Pediatric Endoscopy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2025Trial
- Play dough or balloon blowing? A clinical trial comparing creative interventions for reducing preoperative anxiety in children aged 4-8 years.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of a Mobile App Intervention for Preparing Preschool Children and Parents for Day Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Humanizing pediatric anesthesia care: development and validation of an educational video for caregivers.Jornal de pediatria · 2026Article
- Caudal Anesthesia Patient Education Materials: Comprehensive Analysis of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Traditional Patient Information Leaflets.Paediatric anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Von Willebrand disease as a predictor of postoperative hemorrhagic complications in pediatric adenotonsillar surgery: a retrospective cohort study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Intraoperative text messaging to reduce parental stress during outpatient pediatric surgery: a randomized trial.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Current clinical status of perioperative comfort therapy in pediatric anesthesia in China: a national cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Factors associated with parental anxiety in elective pediatric surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of comfort theory-guided nursing care on anxiety reduction and recovery outcomes in pediatric strabismus surgery patients.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Effects of Parental Anxiety on the Postoperative Pain and Complications of Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy.The Laryngoscope · 2025Observational
- Easing the Burden on Caregivers- Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Physicians and Caregivers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Caregivers' physiological responses during toddler vaccinations: associations with psychological and behavioral responses.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Article
- A socially prescribed creative play intervention for new parents: investigating post traumatic stress around birth and changes in postnatal depression and reflective function.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Perioperative Anxiety: Current Status and Future Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Caregiver Anxiety With Virtual Reality: A Prospective, Pragmatic, Randomized Study.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
The preoperative experience can cause significant anxiety for both pediatric patients and their parents in the lead up to a surgical procedure. Pediatric anxiety in a preoperative setting has been shown to have significant negative downstream effects on the clinical outcomes of children and the healthcare system as a whole. Studies have found that preoperative parental anxiety has significant negative effects on children, regarding anxiety and emotional response. Therefore, interventions for parental preoperative anxiety are important to reduce the child's anxiety. This review provides a brief overview of a broad range of strategies used to alleviate parental anxiety in a preoperative setting. Preoperative education, play-based interventions, music therapy, the presence of parents at induction of anesthesia, and integrative preoperative preparation programs have all demonstrated some evidence for reducing parental preoperative anxiety. The ultimate goal of using interventions for parental preoperative anxiety is to equip healthcare systems to better support families and optimize the perioperative outcomes of children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.