Family-Centered Behavioral Preparation for Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2004-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Children experience significant anxiety and distress during the preoperative period.
Currently available interventions are ineffective and/or associated with significant
disadvantages. These interventions exclusively target the child and do not attempt to reduce
parental anxiety. Based on an integration of the literature in both the anesthesia and
psychological milieus, we developed ADVANCE, a behaviorally oriented anxiety reduction
program for children undergoing surgery that targets the family as a whole.