The Effect of Interactive Therapeutic Play Education Program on Anxiety Levels of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Their Mothers

Coskunturk A. E., Gozen D.

JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING, vol.33, no.6, pp.781-789, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jopan.2017.07.009
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.781-789
  • Keywords: anxiety, child, mother, therapeutic play, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, SCHOOL-AGE-CHILDREN, ELECTIVE SURGERY, INTERVENTION, INVENTORY, OUTCOMES
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effect of Interactive Therapeutic Play Education Program applied in preparing pediatric cardiac patients for surgery on the postoperative anxiety levels of such children and their mothers.