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Similar to the post-hospital distress, cognitive and psychomotor disturbance is usually as a result of extra medical treatments and longer stays in hospital. According to research, patients who undergo complex pediatric surgical operations are likely to exhibit signs of cognitive or psychomotor disturbance (Todaro et al., n.d.). The cognitive and psychomotor disturbance is also as a result of the surgical procedures that a child goes through in the inpatient surgical operations.
However, the effect of cognitive and psychomotor disturbances are not limited to patient who undergo inpatient surgical operations since those who undergo day case surgery are also likely to experience these effects. Nonetheless, as compared to the inpatient surgical operations, the likelihood of these effects are less in day case surgical operations. Poor school attendance and academic performance are some of the clear indicators of psychomotor disturbances on children who have undergone surgery. However, the psychological functioning of children who undergo surgery is reported to be different across various environmental settings.
Conclusion:
It's important for children who undergo surgery to receive preliminary preparations and explanations prior to undergoing the surgery. While these preparations do not entirely alleviate the...
Surgery on children without preliminary preparations results in these children feeling betrayed and frightened.
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