Publications by authors named "Francisca Miriam De Oliveira Nobrega"
Educational intervention through a comic book for preoperative anxiety in children, adolescents, and their parents: A randomized clinical trial.
Marla Andréia Garcia De Avila Rafaela Aparecida Prata Francine Letícia Da Silva Jacob Francisca Miriam De Oliveira Nóbrega Gabriela Ribeiro De Barros
J Pediatr Nurs
December 2022
Background: Reducing preoperative anxiety can help optimize surgical care.
Aim: To analyze the effectiveness of verbal guidance by nurses versus verbal guidance combined with a comic book on preoperative anxiety in children and their parents.
Methods: We conducted a randomized parallel, two-group controlled clinical trial in the pediatric ward and a blinded anxiety assessment in the operating room of a Brazilian hospital.