Journal of advanced nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A mixed-method study of effects of a therapeutic play intervention for children on parental anxiety and parents' perceptions of the intervention.
To examine the effects of a therapeutic play intervention for children on parents' perioperative anxiety, the relationship between parents' and their children's anxiety and to explore parents' perceptions of the intervention. ⋯ Therapeutic play intervention had no significant effect on parents' perioperative anxiety. Parents' and their children's perioperative anxiety are correlated. Parents perceived the intervention as helpful preparation for themselves and for their children undergoing elective surgery.