The Effect of the Presence and Guidance of Teachers at the Bedside on Anxiety Reduction of Hospitalized Children

Researchers of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences studied the effect of the presence and guidance of teachers at the bedside on anxiety reduction of hospitalized children.

According to WEBDA, Faculty Member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences stated that this is a clinical trial randomly performed on hospitalized patients in the pediatric ward of Imam Reza (AS) Hospital indicating the effectiveness of the presence of teachers at the bedside on anxiety reduction of hospitalized children.

About the implementation process of this study, Tayyebeh Reihani stated that in this research, 50 children hospitalized in the pediatric ward of Imam Reza (AS) Hospital were divided into two groups of experimental and control.

In the experimental group, the teacher attended at the patient’s bedside on a daily basis while in the control group, children had no teachers.

She added that according to independent t-test, there was a significant difference in the mean score of anxiety in the experimental group compared to the control group.

She added that this study can help us make use of the advantages of teachers’ presence for reducing the anxiety of hospitalized children, and consequently for reducing problems raised by anxiety.

It is worth mentioning that this study has been published in the Evidence-based Care Journal of the Nursing and Midwifery School of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.