Impact of Animated Stories for Children undergoing Surgical Procedure on their Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Level

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt

2 Lecturer of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said, University, Egypt

3 Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, Egypt

4 Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Children who are undergoing surgical procedures experienced anxiety and pain, and
they require both physically and psychologically preparation. The purpose of this research was to
evaluate the impact of animated stories for children undergoing surgical procedures on their
preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain level. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was
used in the present study. Subjects: The study included a purposive sample of 200 children from 5-
9 years who were equally divided into two groups, the first was the control group and the second
was the animated stories, intervention group. Setting: This study was carried out in pediatric wards
of Port Said General Hospitals. Tools: An Interview Structured Questionnaire was developed by the
researchers, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
was utilized for collecting the data. Results: Preoperative anxiety scores and postoperative pain
were lower among children after animated story intervention than before. More than two-fifth of
children in the animated stories intervention group were reporting hurts little bit pain on WBFS.
Highly statistically significant difference was detected between the total mean score of
postoperative intensity of pain scores among children undergoing surgical procedure on WBFS
between animated stories intervention and the control groups (P=0.001). Conclusion: When
compared to children in the control group who got regular hospital care, the animated storytelling
method is an excellent distraction method for reducing preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain
among children undergoing surgery. Recommendations: Nurses who care for children should use
animated stories as non-pharmacological management in addition to standard hospital programs for
children undergoing surgical procedures to minimize preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain
levels.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 13, Issue 3
September 2022
Pages 18-28

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