Effect on Anxiety in Pediatric Patients; Successful Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Explaining the Perioperative Process with Our Drawings on Anxiety in Pediatric Patients; Prosperative Randomized Controlled Study

Preoperative anxiety is characterized by subjective emotions such as irritability, irritability, sadness, and unhappiness. Studies have shown that preoperative anxiety negatively affects children both psychologically and physiologically. Preoperative anxiety occurs in 60-80% of children undergoing anesthesia and surgery and is associated with undesirable consequences such as nightmares, separation anxiety, eating disorders, negative behavioral changes such as increased fear of doctors, increased need for analgesics. The aim of this study is to evaluate the preoperative and pre-sedation anxiety levels in pediatric patients by explaining the peroperative process to the patients with drawings.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I patients without any comorbidities who were operated on by the ENT,
• Patients between the ages of 5-12,
• And patients who could be contacted and did not have any anxiety problems were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with liver and/or kidney failure, trauma patients, ASAII-III-IV patients, patients with bleeding disorders,
• those using medications that would affect the coagulation system, patients with local anesthetic allergy, patients with immobility and malnutrition, .And patients who did not want to participate in the study were excluded from the study.