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Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examination frequently experience anxiety and fear before and during the scanning. The aim of the present study was to assess: i) whether and to what extent psychological interventions might reduce anxiety and fear levels; ii) whether the intervention i...

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Autores principales: Viggiano, Maria Pia, Giganti, Fiorenza, Rossi, Arianna, Di Feo, Daniele, Vagnoli, Laura, Calcagno, Giovanna, Defilippi, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25918624
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2015.5682
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author Viggiano, Maria Pia
Giganti, Fiorenza
Rossi, Arianna
Di Feo, Daniele
Vagnoli, Laura
Calcagno, Giovanna
Defilippi, Claudio
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description Children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examination frequently experience anxiety and fear before and during the scanning. The aim of the present study was to assess: i) whether and to what extent psychological interventions might reduce anxiety and fear levels; ii) whether the intervention is related to a decrease in the need for sedation. The interventions consisted of three activities: a clown show, dog interaction and live music. The emotional status (anxiety and fear) of the children was evaluated before and after the activities through a rating scale questionnaire. The results showed that the activities had high effectiveness in reducing the level of anxiety and fear and decreased the need for sedation in the experimental group compared to the control group. This approach proved to be a positive patient experience, helping to alleviate children’s anxiety and fear, decreasing the need for sedation, and was cost-effective.
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spelling pubmed-43873292015-04-27 Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Viggiano, Maria Pia Giganti, Fiorenza Rossi, Arianna Di Feo, Daniele Vagnoli, Laura Calcagno, Giovanna Defilippi, Claudio Pediatr Rep Brief Report Children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examination frequently experience anxiety and fear before and during the scanning. The aim of the present study was to assess: i) whether and to what extent psychological interventions might reduce anxiety and fear levels; ii) whether the intervention is related to a decrease in the need for sedation. The interventions consisted of three activities: a clown show, dog interaction and live music. The emotional status (anxiety and fear) of the children was evaluated before and after the activities through a rating scale questionnaire. The results showed that the activities had high effectiveness in reducing the level of anxiety and fear and decreased the need for sedation in the experimental group compared to the control group. This approach proved to be a positive patient experience, helping to alleviate children’s anxiety and fear, decreasing the need for sedation, and was cost-effective. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4387329/ /pubmed/25918624 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2015.5682 Text en ©Copyright M.P. Viggiano et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Viggiano, Maria Pia
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Vagnoli, Laura
Calcagno, Giovanna
Defilippi, Claudio
Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title_full Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title_fullStr Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title_short Impact of Psychological Interventions on Reducing Anxiety, Fear and the Need for Sedation in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
title_sort impact of psychological interventions on reducing anxiety, fear and the need for sedation in children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25918624
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2015.5682
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