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Preparing children for radiologic procedures: Contingent versus noncontingent instruction
Author(s) -
Fegley Barbara J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770110103
Subject(s) - distress , psychology , scale (ratio) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , quantum mechanics , physics
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of choice of information in preprocedural instruction on children's responses to select radiologic procedures. Sixty‐one children were randomly assigned to either the contingent ( n = 31) or noncontingent ( n = 30) instruction group. Contingent instruction provided information in response to children's questions and requests. Noncontingent instruction provided children information based on recommendations from the literature and clinical practice. Dependent variables were measured using the Manifest Upset Scale, Cooperation Scale, search for information protocol, and self‐report of distress. Contingent instruction was associated with less search for information. Prior to painful intrusive radiologic procedures, a choice of information may not support information‐seeking, a strategy for adaptation.