Investigation of Parental Acceptance of General Anesthesia With Mask Induction in Children Undergoing Frenulectomy.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To investigate parental acceptance of the use of general anesthesia with mask inhalation (GAMI) in the treatment of ankyloglossia.

DESIGN:

Parents of children with ankyloglossia received questionnaires to analyze the related factors of their acceptance of GAMI.

METHODS:

From July 2017 to November 2020, 131 parents of children with ankyloglossia in our hospital were enrolled and received investigation questionnaires. A total of 129 valid questionnaires were returned. The level of acceptance was evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS). We described the parental acceptance in a statistical method and performed univariant and multivariate analyses to identify related factors using SPSS 20.0.

FINDINGS:

A total of 129 (98.5%) parents completed the questionnaires. Only one patient (0.8%) experienced short-term (4 hours) abdominal bloating after surgery with GAMI. The average VAS regarding parental acceptance of the use of GAMI in the treatment was 43.80 mm (± 29.49), with only 17.8% of parents exhibiting a high level of acceptance of the anesthesia technique, while they had a relatively high level of satisfaction after surgery.

CONCLUSIONS:

Parents had a low level of acceptance of using GAMI in the treatment of ankyloglossia before surgery due to various factors.

• Authors: Mengyu Du, Yuxun Zhu, Chundi Wang, Jianbo Xu
• Journal: Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (J Perianesth Nurs) Vol. 37 Issue 3 Pg. 339-343 (06 2022) ISSN: 1532-8473 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 35379555 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2021 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Anesthesia, General (methods)
• Anesthesia, Inhalation
• Ankyloglossia
• Child
• Humans
• Parents
• Surveys and Questionnaires