J Pediatr Health Care. 2021 Jan-Feb;35(1):74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Sep 12.
Surgical procedures place children of all ages at risk for pediatric medical traumatic stress. Although medical play has proven effective in pediatric care, little is known about the impacts of a group medical play intervention on children's preoperative fear and anxiety. Therefore, the purpose of this pre-post quasi-experimental study was to explore the relationship between a group medical play activity and children's preoperative fear and anxiety.
Fifty children (aged 5-10 years) scheduled for a medical procedure participated in a group medical play session facilitated by a Certified Child Life Specialist.
Statistically significant decreases in anxiety and self-reported fear were observed after the intervention, suggesting that medical play may generate additional coping benefits when offered in group formats.
Providing children with the opportunity to explore and become familiar with medical equipment through group medical play can help to minimize preoperative anxiety and improve the patient experience for children and their families.
外科手术使各个年龄段的儿童都面临小儿医疗创伤性应激的风险。尽管医学游戏已被证明在儿科护理中有效，但对于团体医学游戏干预对儿童术前恐惧和焦虑的影响知之甚少。因此，本预-后准实验研究的目的是探讨团体医学游戏活动与儿童术前恐惧和焦虑之间的关系。
50 名（年龄 5-10 岁）计划接受医疗程序的儿童由认证儿童生活专家主持的团体医学游戏活动。
干预后焦虑和自我报告的恐惧明显下降，这表明以团体形式提供医学游戏可能会产生额外的应对益处。
通过团体医学游戏为儿童提供探索和熟悉医疗设备的机会有助于最大程度地减少术前焦虑，并改善儿童及其家人的就医体验。
