Effect of Planned Information Provision on Anxiety of Parents of Children Who Underwent Cardiac Surgery

Abstract

Objective: To determine anxiety causes of parents of children who underwent cardiac surgery in order to develop a planned informationprovision and to evaluate anxiety level of parents with two differentinformation provision.Methods: Parents of children administered to the pediatric cardiovascular clinic of a hospital in Turkey took part in two groups group 1,47; and group 2, 46 in the descriptive study. Parents were either provided with only routine information group 1 or were provided withdetailed information and given consultancy group 2 regarding theirchild’s home-care following discharge. Parents of children aged between 0 and 18 years who underwent cardiac surgery were included inthe study n=93 . A descriptive form and State-Trait Anxiety Inventorywere used to obtain data prior to discharge. Results: Parents in group 1 reported greater anxiety about home-care of their children mostly concerning infections/fever 76.1% , dietand nutrition 41.3% , and care of the surgical incision 30.4% compared to those in group 2. State and trait anxiety scores of the parentsin group 2 were significantly lower than those in group 1 state,35.7±7.2 v 51.6±7.1; p