Use of Audiobooks as an Environmental Distractor to Decrease State Anxiety in Children Waiting in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

Use of Audiobooks as an Environmental Distractor to Decrease State Anxiety in Children Waiting in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

Objectives: Anxiety and anticipatory stressors are commonly experienced by children visiting the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED), but little research exists that addresses the efficacy of interventions to decrease this stress. This one-sample pretest-postest pilot study gathered preliminary dat...

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Main Authors: Leah I. Stein Duker, Anita R. Schmidt, Phung K. Pham, Sofronia M. Ringold, Alan L. Nager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
distraction
environment
pediatrics
audiobook
fear
state anxiety
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.556805/full

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