TY - JOUR
PY - 2015//
TI - Nursery rhymes that inform: a satisfaction pilot study
JO - Minerva Pediatrica
A1 - Guglieri, E.
A1 - Guida, E.
A1 - Di Grazia, M.
A1 - Franza, F.
A1 - Lisa, F.
A1 - Mattioli, G.
A1 - Rigamonti, W.
A1 - Pompei, V.
SP - 355
EP - 359
VL - 68
IS - 5
N2 - 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.
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.
RESULTS: According to children's satisfaction, the cards resulted funny and useful.
CONCLUSION: The cards can be considered a feasible and applicable original funny technique of information and distraction for surgical children.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0026-4946 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -