Parental Anxiety and Postoperative Pain and Complications in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy ± Adenoidectomy

The Relationship Between Parental Anxiety and Postoperative Pain and Complications in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy ± Adenoidectomy

It is aimed to understand whether high parental anxiety leads to increased pain in children undergoing tonsillectomy ± adenoidectomy surgery and whether it increases the development of complications.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 4-15 years old child patient
• Willingness to participate in the study by the patient and/or parent
• No history of psychiatric-mental illness or drug use in the patient and/or parents
• The patient has no craniofacial anomaly, genetic disorder, cleft palate-lip anomaly
• No bleeding disorder or disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• <4 years old, >15 years old paediatric patients
• Not wanting to participate in the study at any stage of the study
• History of psychiatric-mental illness or drug use in the patient and parents
• The patient has craniofacial anomaly, genetic disorder, cleft palate-lip anomaly
• Having a bleeding disorder or disease