Effectiveness of Preoperative Therapeutic Play on Anxiety Among Children Undergoing Invasive Procedure: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Forfatter(e)
- Halemani, K. Issac, A. Mishra, P. Dhiraaj, S. Mandelia, A. Mathias, E.
- År
- 2022
- Tidsskrift
- Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology.
- Kategori(er)
- Angst og engstelighet (inkl. både vansker og lidelse) Medisinske prosedyrer
- Tiltakstype(r)
- Leketerapi
- Abstract
Play is an indispensable part of growing up and by using play to distract children while undergoing invasive procedures can have a positive impact. Play can help children to cope with painful procedures and long-term treatment.
The aim of the review was to evaluate the evidence concerning the effect of play on anxiety among children undergoing invasive procedures:
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: PubMed, The MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Clinical Key, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were searched between 2012 and 2020.
Review methods: randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the effectiveness of play on anxiety among children undergoing invasive procedures were included. Meta-analysis was done using Revman v5.3 software. A total of 451 participants from 5 trials were involved in the systemic review and meta-analysis. Self-reported anxiety, parents reported anxiety, and self-reported pain were found significant in intervention [chi2 = 7.57, df = 2 at P < 0.02]. When compared with control group, the review result revealed that experimental group reduced the anxiety and pain (P < 0.05). Copyright © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Indian Association of Surgical Oncology.