The Influence of Time and Type of Preparation on Children's Adjustement to Hospitalization

Journal of Pediatric PsychologyPublished 1 January 1976

Barbara G. Melamed, Raymond Meyer, Carol Gee, Lisa Soule

DOI10.1093/jpepsy/1.4.31

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Half the children in this study viewed a preparatory film one week prior to their hospital admission, whereas the other children viewed it immediately preceding their admission to the pediatric ward the day before surgery.

Abstract

Film modeling was found to reduce anxiety in children preparing for hospitalization and surgery. These effects held true even in the absence of a large scale preoperative preparation program in the hospital. Older children appeared to benefit from seeing the film one week in advance of actual hospitalization. Younger children needed more immediate preparation. The effectiveness of the film in reducing anxiety was enhanced when the child observer was similar in age, sex, and race to the child narrator of the film.

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