Distraction with a hand-held video game reduces pediatric preoperative anxiety

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1019-1027

  Patel, Anuradha ^a   Schieble, Thomas ^a   Davidson, Melissa ^a   Tran, Minh C J ^a   Schoenberg, Catherine ^a   Delphin, Ellise ^a   Bennett, Henry ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Distraction; Midazolam; Parental presence; Pediatric anxiety; Video games

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PARENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33748753751     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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