%0 Journal Article
%T Nursery rhymes that inform: a satisfaction pilot study
%J Minerva Pediatrica
%D 2015
%A Guglieri, E.
%A Guida, E.
%A Di Grazia, M.
%A Franza, F.
%A Lisa, F.
%A Mattioli, G.
%A Rigamonti, W.
%A Pompei, V.
%V 68
%N 5
%P 355-359
%X AIM: to assess, by a questionnaire, the level of children's satisfaction relating to three informative cards, including an original nursery rhyme, administered to the patient before a medical procedure. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: We created three types of specific informative cards, relating to three medical topics, with the double role function: i nformi ng the child before the medical procedure and distracti ng him/her through an original nursery rhyme read aloud by the authors. To assess the level of children's satisfaction relating to the cards, we administered to the patients a satisfaction questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: According to children's satisfaction, the cards resulted funny and useful. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The cards can be considered a feasible and applicable original funny technique of information and distraction for surgical children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Edizioni Minerva Medica
%@ 0026-4946
%U http://dx.doi.org/