Parental Desire for Perioperative Information and Informed Consent

Abstract

Were obtained from parents of children undergoing surgery (n = 334). A questionnaire examining the desire for perioperative information was administered to all parents. In Phase 247 parents were randomly assigned to receive either routine anesthetic risk information (control) or detailed anesthetic risk information (inter- vention). The effect of the intervention on parental anx- iety was assessed over four time points: prior to the in- tervention, immediately after the intervention, day of surgery in the holding area, and at separation to the