Due to the very low quality of the current evidence , the effects of formal patient education provided in addition to the st and ard information provided by doctors to patients compared with st and ard care remain uncertain .
BACKGROUND Generally , before being operated on , patients will be given informal information by the healthcare providers involved in the care of the patients ( doctors , nurses , ward clerks , or healthcare assistants ) .
This information can also be provided formally in different formats including written information , formal lectures , or audio-visual recorded information .
OBJECTIVES To compare the benefits and harms of formal preoperative patient education for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy .
Use of a preanesthetic video for facilitation of parental education and anxiolysis before pediatric ambulatory surgery.
UNLABELLED In this study , we evaluated the effects of viewing an educational videotape about pediatric anesthesia on measures of parental knowledge of anesthesia and preoperative anxiety using a r and omized , controlled design . During their routine preoperative visit , 85 parents of children scheduled to undergo ambulatory surgical procedures under general anesthesia were r and omized to view either the experimental videotape about pediatric anesthesia or a control videotape with no medical content . Before and immediately after viewing the assigned videotape , parents completed measures of situational anxiety ( State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State ) , preoperative anxiety and need for information ( Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale ) , and anesthesia knowledge ( St and ard Anesthesia Learning Test ) . Repeated- measures analyses of variance showed that parents who viewed the experimental videotape showed a significant increase in anesthesia knowledge ( P < 0.022 ) and a significant reduction in their state of anxiety ( P < 0.031 ) , anesthesia-specific anxiety , and need for information ( P < 0.0001 ) compared with the control group . These results demonstrated that viewing a preoperative educational videotape about pediatric anesthesia can provide immediate educational and anxiolytic benefits for parents of children undergoing ambulatory surgery . The duration of these benefits remains to be determined . IMPLICATION S In this study , we demonstrated the benefits of viewing an educational videotape about pediatric anesthesia on measures of parental knowledge of anesthesia and preoperative anxiety using a r and omized , controlled design . We found that videotape viewing facilitated preoperative preparation and lessened preoperative anxiety
Due to the very low quality of the current evidence , the effects of formal patient education provided in addition to the st and ard information provided by doctors to patients compared with st and ard care remain uncertain .
BACKGROUND Generally , before being operated on , patients will be given informal information by the healthcare providers involved in the care of the patients ( doctors , nurses , ward clerks , or healthcare assistants ) .
This information can also be provided formally in different formats including written information , formal lectures , or audio-visual recorded information .
OBJECTIVES To compare the benefits and harms of formal preoperative patient education for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy .