To further explore controversies surrounding parental presence and children’s anxiety during anesthesia induction, Caldwell-Andrews et al. devised and tested a measure to examine parents’ motivation to be present during the induction process: Motivation for Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia (MPPIA). The team then used the newly created measure to determine if the level of parent ...

background and objective: amygdala contains central nucleus which is the region rich of γ-aminobutyric acid (gaba-a) receptors and plays a key role in modulating behavior and sleep homeostasis. furthermore, dysfunction of amygdala probably contributes to anxiety and mood disorders. in this study, we evaluated the association between acute sleep deprivation (asd) and anxiety through gaba-a recep...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the reasons why Chinese parents accompany their child during anaesthetic induction; to explore the level of anxiety experienced by the parents; and to evaluate the factors that contribute to parental anxiety. DESIGN: Questionnaire study of Chinese parents who had chosen to be present during the anaesthetic induction of their child between January 1997 and July 1997. SET...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that state anxiety operates as moderator of the alcohol-aggression relation. Participants were 80 healthy male social drinkers between 21 and 33 years of age. They were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups: (a) alcohol + anxiety induction (n = 20), (b) placebo + anxiety induction (n = 20), (c) alcohol + no anxiety induction (n = 20), and (d) pl...

BACKGROUND Induction of general anaesthesia can be distressing for children. Non-pharmacological methods for reducing anxiety and improving co-operation may avoid the adverse effects of preoperative sedation. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of non-pharmacological interventions in assisting induction of anaesthesia in children by reducing their anxiety, distress or increasing their co-operati...

OBJECTIVE To assess the ability of mothers and fathers at predicting children's anxiety at anesthesia induction. METHODS Participants were parents and their children aged 2-12 years (n = 159). Parents predicted child anxiety using a Visual Analog Scale. Observed child anxiety was assessed using the Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale. RESULTS Results of linear regressions indicated that fathers...

Fear and anxiety in a child undergoing surgery are correlated positively with the parent's level of anxiety, and interventions to decrease the parent's anxiety are appropriate. The purpose of this study was to determine whether viewing a video of an actual pediatric inhalation induction would reduce the level of parental anxiety. Eighty patients requiring an inhalation anesthetic induction were...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether parental auricular acupuncture reduces parental preoperative anxiety and thus allows children to benefit from parental presence during induction of anesthesia. METHODS Mothers of children who were scheduled to undergo surgery were randomly assigned to an acupuncture intervention group (auricular press needles at relaxation, tranqui...