Journal:
:iranian journal of psychiatry
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narges alirezaei psychiatry & psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences,
tehran, iran
bahar ashjaei department of pediatrics, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
zahra shahrivar department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
fatemeh moharari department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
javad mahmoudi-gharaei psychiatry & psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
jaleh parizad department of pediatrics, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
objective: many studies have shown that the level of postoperative distress and anxiety in children is associated with the amount of anxiety during the pre operative period. in this study, we compared the effect of pre-operational attending in a playroom and using play activities on the level of anxiety increment after surgery in an intervention and a control group of iranian children. method: ...