This session will showcase our child life research study, a double-blind, pretest-posttest randomized control trial exploring the impact of a video modeling preparation technique on preoperative anxiety, postoperative behavior changes, and parent anxiety. Sixty children were randomly allocated to either the control (child life services, no video) group or the experimental (child life services plus video) group. The results have implications for how to approach the preoperative preparation of school-aged children.
DOMAIN: Intervention
Objectives:
After viewing the actual video intervention used in the study, the participants will be able to complete a survey to provide feedback on the video intervention. Relevant presentation content: play video used in study.
In a quiz at the end of the session, participants will demonstrate what they learned about the impact of the video intervention on pre-operative anxiety for patients and parents and on patients’ post-hospital behavior. Relevant presentation content: discussion of results
In a quiz at the end of the session, participants will demonstrate what they learned about any differential impact of the intervention for patients with different demographic variables (gender, age, language group). Relevant presentation content: discussion of results.
In a quiz at the end of the session, participants will articulate how what they have learned (regarding preparation techniques, instruments used, and study methodology) will inform their future practice or research. Relevant presentation content: description of intervention; discussion of methodology; demonstration of scales and questionnaire used.
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