The Association Between Parent Anxiety and Sedation Anesthesia Doses in Pediatric Endoscopy

Anesthesia, Anxiety

Our study was planned as a prospective, single-center study between 20 January 2022 and 20 April 2022. All patients between the ages of 1-18 who will undergo upper or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and their parents will be included in our study. All patients and parents whose family did not give consent to participate in the study will be excluded from the study. All patients will be seen by an anesthesiologist before the procedure and it will be stated that there is no harm in taking anesthesia. Anesthesia consent form will be given by the family. Study participation consent will be obtained from parents before starting the procedure. The patient's age, gender, height, weight, ASA score, the procedure to be performed, the parent's educational status, occupation and income level will be recorded. Children's anxiety will be evaluated with the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) in the presence of their parents 15-30 minutes before the procedure. The agitation that occurs when the patient leaves the families for processing, with the Parental Separation Anxiety Scale; Parental anxiety will be evaluated with the Stationary and Trait Anxiety Scale filled by families after the child is processed.

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