Measures
Anxiety, anxiety
SECONDARY
The anxiety level of the children was scored by using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale-Short-Form (mYPAS-SF) [
Study flow diagram. Note: Children in the intervention group received preoperative educational information through a comic booklet, video, and coloring game book, and children in the control group received preoperative educational information by Q & A. mYPAS-SF, modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale-Short Form; SAS, Self-rating Anxiety Scale; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; ICC, The Induction Compliance ChecklistAccording to the children’s behavior at T3, the Induction Compliance Checklist (ICC) was used to evaluate compliance by the researcher. Eleven items were rated as poor (ICC > 4), moderate (ICC = 1–4), or perfect (ICC = 0) [Parental anxiety at T0 and T2 was measured by the SAS [The primary outcome variablewas the children’s anxiety level, scored by the mYPAS-SF at T3. The secondary outcome variables included children’s anxiety at other time points, children’s induction compliance, and parental anxiety levels. Other basic information and intervention completion data were collected at T1 from children and parents through questionnaires.