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Parental Presence During Lumbar Puncture

Anxiety and Attitude Toward the Procedure

Yishai Haimi-Cohen, M.D.

Jacob Amir, M.D.

Liora Harel, M.D.

Rachel Straussberg, M.D.

Yizhak Varsano, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Beilinson Medical Campus, Petah Tiqva; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

We evaluated the anxiety state of 57 parents whose children required lumbar puncture (LP) as part of a diagnostic workup. We also examined parental attitude about their presence during the procedure. The parents were randomly divided into two groups: 29 (51%) were present during the LP (group A) and 28 (49%) remained outside (group B). There were no differences in the anxiety scores between the two groups. All parents in group A and seven in group B (25%) reported a preference for staying with the child should he/she need LP in the future. The results also showed that allowing the parents to be present during LP does not aggravate their anxiety compared with controls.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2-4 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500101
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