Impact of the Information Leaflet on the Anesthesia Knowledge and Anxiety Levels of Children and Parents

Impact of the Information Leaflet on the Preoperative Anesthesia Knowledge and Anxiety Levels of Children and Parents Before the Pediatric Endoscopic Procedures

The study includes applying a questionnaire to each child and their parents who applied to the anesthesia outpatient clinic for the gastroenterological endoscopic procedure. Children and parents will be divided into two groups, those who received and those who did not receive information leaflet. With the questionnaire both groups will be compared in terms of knowledge level and anxiety level.

All children under the age of 18, who meet the inclusion criteria, applied to the outpatient clinic for the preoperative anesthesia evaluation will be included in the study. During the preoperative anesthesia examination, pediatric patients and their parents will be informed about the study, their consent will be obtained, and their demographic data will be recorded.

Information leaflets will be given to the one group in that both the child and their parents will read it before the endoscopic procedure. Children will handed leaflet appropriate for their age. The other group will not receive information leaflets. Routine information about anesthesia will be given to both groups.

Demographic data, m-YPAS(The modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale), APAIS(Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale) will be evaluated for both groups before anesthesia induction.

The anesthesiologist evaluate anxiety of children, will not know whether the patients received an information leaflets.

Parents will be asked to fill out the questionnaire in the waiting room. Anxiety scores will be evaluated by APAIS. The source of their knowledge about anesthesia, how anesthesia applications are made during endoscopy procedures and what their fears about anesthesia are will be evaluated.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children under the age of 18 and their parents who applied to the anesthesia outpatient clinic before the gastroenterological endoscopic procedure
• Knowing Turkish language
• Agreeing to participate in the research voluntarily
• Parent and child not having a diagnosed neuropsychiatric disease
• Literacy of the child and parent
• Not having verbal communication barrier

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusing to participate in the research
• Not knowing Turkish language
• Having a verbal communication barrier
• Parent and child have a diagnosed neuropsychiatric disease
• Illiteracy of the child or parent