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Preparation of the child and parents/caretakers for health care events is expected
to decrease a child's anxiety and uncooperative behaviors. The purpose of this study
was to ascertain the methods of preparation (discussion, reading, play, other) and
levels of discussion used by parents in readying their preschool and school-age children
for six selected events during routine physical examinations. A phone survey was conducted
to all parents of children, ages 2 to 12 years, who visited an academic nursing center
or public school for a routine physical examination (n=132). The events are “listen
to heart”, “look in ears”, “take temperature”, “feel the stomach”, “look at the throat”,
and “give a shot”. The most common method of preparation parents used was discussion
that consisted largerly of procedural information rather than a reciprocal dialogue
with the child. Preschool children were told what the health care provider would do
and what they should do during the physical examination more often than school-age
children.
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*This research was partially funded by a grant from Beta Omega chapter, Sigma Theta Tau.
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© 1999 W.B. Sauders Company. Published by Elsevier Inc.
