Effect of Animated Stories on Pain Intensity and Physiological Parameters among Post-Operative Children | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2023, Page 90-103 PDF (316.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.325296 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Magda Ahmed Abd El Aziz1; Sabra Mohamed Ahmed2; Sara Sayed Abdalla3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor of pediatric nursing Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Child and Adolescents health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, British University in Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Children who are undergoing surgical procedures experience pain. Animated stories are a non-invasive, inexpensive, and non-pharmacological nursing intervention that has no side effects and can be effective when provided alongside routine care and on physiological parameters in the surgical ward among post-operative children. This study aimed to investigate the effect of animated stories on pain intensity and physiological parameters among post-operative children. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in the current study. Subjects: The study included a purposive sample of 100 children from 5- 10 years who were equally divided into two groups, the first was the control group and the second was the experimental group. Setting: This study was carried out in Surgical Pediatric Ward at Sohag University Hospital. Tools: (I) An Interview Structured Questionnaire was developed by the researchers, (II) Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale, and (III) physiological parameters assessment tool was utilized for collecting the data. Results: There was a highly statistically significant difference detected between the total mean score of the postoperative intensity of pain among post-operative children on WBFS between the experimental and the control groups (P=0.001). There was a marked reduction in the mean score of pain and diastolic blood pressure (SBP & DBP), heart rate, and respiratory rate in the experimental group as compared to the control group. There was a significant difference between the mean score of pain, SBP, DBP, heart rate, and respiratory rate in both groups after the experiment. Conclusion: Animated stories were found to be more effective in reducing pain, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate among post-operative children in the experimental group than those in the control group who received only routine hospital care. Recommendations: Thus, it is essential to include animated stories as a tool in postoperative care as non-pharmacological management for pain relief. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Animated stories; Children; Post-operative Pain; Physiological parameters | ||||
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