The effects of anxiety and supporting behavior of a mother hospitalized patients provided information about the treatment during hospitalization

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This study is to investigate the effect of providing video information on the anxiety and support behaviors of mothers with hospitalized children. Regarding the study design, a quasi-experimental research was implemented by adopting a non- equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were children hospitalized in the pediatric ward invasive procedures at a university hospital in an urban community with 64 mothers were selected among mothers under 6 years of age. This study was conducted with the consent of the mothers from June 15, 2016 to September 30, 2016. An experimental group and the control group consisted of 30 mothers and 34 mothers respectively. The study was conducted with a video of a mother's education program entitled "Are you embarrassed to be admitted to hospital?" The findings of the study were as follows: The experimental group that was provided with the video-clip information on procedures during hospitalization felt less anxiety than the control group that wasn't (t=-4.224, p=0.000), and the experimental group showed more supporting behaviors(t=-6.175, p=0.000). This research is expected to make a contribution to the development of video teaching materials for mothers of hospitalized children. © 2017 International Information Institute.

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