Parentalanxiety level
Anxiety, anxiety
There was no significant difference in the mean VAS score and SAS score at T0 between the two groups. The mean VAS score at T2 in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the control group (4.0 and 2.3 vs. 5.2 and 2.1, 95% CI: -1.2 (-2.20, -0.20), P = 0.021). The difference in the mean SAS score at T2 was not significant between the two groups (36.51 and 9.65 vs. 37.86 and 11.04, 95% CI: -1.34 (-6.02, 3.32), P = 0.568) (Table 
Parental anxiety levelNote: SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; VAS: anxiety Visual Analog Scale; T0 = baseline, in the ophthalmology outpatient clinic before any intervention; T2 = at the time of separating from their parents and moving to the operating room. P value calculation: Continuous variables were tested by two independent samples t-tests