EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION ON REDUCING BEHAVIORAL DISTRESS AND MORBIDITY IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING ENDOSCOPY.
Contributors: Georgia State University.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The effectiveness of a parent-administered psychological treatment package on reducing distress in children undergoing upper endoscopy was compared to a counseling intervention and to the standard medical procedure. Fifty-three children were involved in the study. The experimental package included training in hypnosis, rapid muscle relaxation and deep breathing exercises. This was the first study to examine distress in children urdergoing endoscopy and the first study to attempt to reduce related distress. Observational, physiological and self-report measures were employed.

The results indicated that children demonstrated significant levels of distress during the endoscopy. Outcome measures did not support the use of the parent administered psychological intervention. However, clinical observations tend to suggest that the intervention may not have been administered adequately leaving in question its true effectiveness. The discussion focuses on the difficulty parents had in administering the intervention, particularly when their children were distressed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: B, page: 6406.

Thesis (PH.D.)--GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1995.

School code: 0079.