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Improving Pediatric Radiography Patient Stress, Mood, and Parental Satisfaction Through Positive Environmental
Xiaobo Quan1, Anjali Joseph2, Upali Nanda3
1The Center for Health Design, Concord, CA.
Insights
Positive environmental distractions significantly reduced stress and improved mood in pediatric radiography patients. Parents reported higher satisfaction with the environment and facility services.
Area of Science:
- Radiology
- Pediatric Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
Background:
- Pediatric radiography procedures can induce significant stress and anxiety in young patients.
- Parental satisfaction is crucial for healthcare facility reputation and patient compliance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the impact of a positive environmental distraction intervention on pediatric radiography patients.
- To evaluate changes in patient behavioral stress responses, mood states, and parental satisfaction.
Main Methods:
- 182 pediatric patients and their parents were randomly assigned to three distraction levels: minimum, light, and light with animation.
- Data collected via behavioral observation, rating scales, and surveys.
Main Results:
- Patients showed reduced low-stress coping behaviors and increased positive affect verbalizations.
- Parents reported enhanced environmental pleasantness, greater sense of control, and increased willingness to recommend the facility.
Conclusions:
- The positive environmental distraction intervention effectively improved the pediatric radiography experience.
- Further research is recommended to explore the intervention's efficacy in more challenging clinical settings.
Unlabelled:
To evaluate how a positive environmental distraction intervention impacted pediatric radiography patient behavioral stress-responses, mood states, and parental satisfaction.
Methods:
Behavioral observation, rating scales, surveys on 182 pediatric patients and their parents randomly assigned to three positive distraction levels (minimum, light, light and animation).
Results:
Under interventional conditions, patients exhibited less low-stress coping behaviors (ps<0.001-0.007) and more verbal behaviors indicating positive affect (p=0.003); parents more favorably rated environmental pleasantness (ps<0.001), sense of environmental control (ps=0.002), and willingness to return and recommend the facility (ps=0.001-0.005).
Conclusion:
The intervention improved pediatric radiography experience but needs further investigation in more stressful settings.
