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Greek teenager patients’ desire for information during the perioperative period
- F. Bakalaki, N. Zavras, P. Perdikaris, C. M. Vassalos, M. Polikandrioti, A. Zartaloudi, I. Koutelekos
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 66 / Issue S1 / March 2023
- Published online by Cambridge University Press:
- 19 July 2023, p. S679
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Introduction
Admission to hospital is a stress-inducing experience for children. Informing children helps to reduce anxiety according to their developmental stage.
ObjectivesTo explore the associations between Greek teenager patients’ characteristics and their desired information during the perioperative period.
MethodsEighty children (52 boys, 28 girls; median age: 12 years old) admitted for surgery into a large Greek paediatric hospital self-completed a 40-item questionnaire on Children’s Desire for (perioperative) Information (CDI). The respondents’ desire for perioperative information was calculated by summing responses (‘I really have to know’ plus ‘I might want to know’) to all 40 items. Ethical issues were addressed. We used multiple linear regression to explain the relationship between participants’ characteristics (demographic, attitudes, coping strategies) and their desire for information when facing surgery. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically highly significant. SPSS 21.0 was used for statistical analysis.
ResultsThe 40/80 (50%) Greek teenager patients admitted for surgery had a CDI score more than 33 out of 40 score. Their desired perioperative information was positively associated with their fear of surgery [β=0.59; 95%CI:0.10-1.08; t=2.39; p=0.020] as well as their being raised in a single-parent household [β=3.9; 95%CI:0.13-7.65; t=2.06; p=0.043]. Their desire for perioperative information was negatively associated with their missing friend support network [β=-1.10; 95%CI:(-2.12)-(-0.08); t=-2.16; p=0.034]. The revealed statistically significant associations explained almost 30% (R-square=0.29) of Greek teenager patient desire to be informed perioperatively.
ConclusionsThe high CDI score of Greek teenagers facing surgery in paediatric hospitals implies that they have a proven right for perioperative information. Identification of what influences the perioperative information desired by teenager patients would play a vital role in planning effective perioperative intervention programmes.
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Development and validation of the questionnaire of post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagers
- F. Maris, E. Charmandari, A. Zartaloudi, M. Polikandrioti, C. M. Vassalos, I. Koutelekos
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 66 / Issue S1 / March 2023
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- 19 July 2023, pp. S150-S151
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Introduction
COVID-19 quarantine affected teenagers’ life as it brought about significant changes in their usual way of life, disrupting every social relationships. Following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, teenagers are urged to deal with the psychological challenges of their return to normality.
ObjectivesTo develop and validate a questionnaire in Greek teenagers to better monitor their coping strategies when returning to normal after pandemic restrictions were dropped.
MethodsOne hundred teenagers (41 boys, 59 girls; median age: 12) from a large provincial Greek town completed an ab initio 15-item questionnaire on post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagers (PPCSRN-T). The responders specified their level of agreement to each item statement in five points: (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Strongly agree. Psychometric properties were analysed. Factor analysis was performed. SPSS.21 was used for all analyses.
ResultsThe optimal two-factor solution explained 66.1% of variance. The initial factors ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’ and ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’ were reaffirmed. Item loadings were between 0.52-0.82. Each of the final factors had three items. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will live an active life’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will make time for exercise’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will meet up with my friends’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, my family will stick to a normal daily rhythm’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will go on spending time with my parents’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will be grateful for what I will have in my life’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’. Reliability (Cronbach alpha) for the six-item final scale was 0.62. The intra-class correlation coefficient varied from 0.50-0.73. No ceiling/floor effect was detected.
ConclusionsThe six-item final PPCSRN-T version proved to be a valid and reliable instrument. It would provide paediatric personnel and psychologists information on the as-yet not readily accessible coping strategies of teenagers returning to normality after the pandemic upheaval coming to an end.
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