Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Journal / Book Title

Journal of health psychology

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship of medical and non-medical fears to children's anxiety, pain, and distress during an invasive medical procedure, the voiding cystourethrogram. Parents of 34 children completed the Fear Survey Schedule-II prior to their child's procedure. Child distress behaviors during the procedure were audiotaped and coded using the Child-Adult Medical Procedure Interaction Scale-Revised. Ratings of child procedural anxiety and pain were obtained from children, parents, and examining technologists within minutes following the procedure. Associations were observed between medical fears, procedural anxiety (parent and staff reports), and coded distress behaviors. Findings may inform preparation efforts to reduce anxiety around invasive medical procedures.

DOI

10.1177/1359105314559620

Published Citation

Fox, J. K., Halpern, L. F., Dangman, B. C., Giramonti, K. M., & Kogan, B. A. (2016). Children’s anxious reactions to an invasive medical procedure: The role of medical and non-medical fears. Journal of health psychology, 21(8), 1587-1596.

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