Application of situational adaptation training combined with childlike nursing for children undergoing tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to investigate the clinical effect of situational adaptation training combined with child-friendly nursing in relieving the preoperative anxiety of children undergoing tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy.

METHODS

A total of 160 children undergoing tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy were randomly divided into two groups: a control group and a test group. In addition to the routine operating room nursing in the control group, children in the test group underwent situational adaptation training one day before surgery and child-friendly nursing on the day of surgery. The heart rates and differences in average dynamic pressure were compared between groups, both preoperatively and during anesthesia induction. The cooperativeness with anesthesia was also assessed. The anxiety states of children and their family members after the interventions were scored using the anxiety visual analog scale (VAS). The postoperative satisfaction with nursing was assessed and compared between groups.

RESULTS

The heart rates, differences in average dynamic pressure, cooperativeness with anesthesia, and VAS scores were significantly lower in the test group than in the control group. The VAS scores of family members were significantly lower in the test group than in the control group. The satisfaction degrees with nursing were significantly higher in the test group than in the control group.

CONCLUSION

Situational adaptation training combined with child-friendly nursing can significantly relieve the preoperative anxiety of children undergoing tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy and their family members. This treatment improves child cooperativeness during therapy, significantly reduces the amplitude of physiological stress response during surgery, and increases the satisfaction with nursing. Thus, situational adaptation training combined with child-friendly nursing is worthy of application in clinics.