The vast majority of children preferred to have comprehensive information concerning their surgery.
The research
Kids want to know what's about to happen to them.
Prepare Little Patients isn't the first to notice this — it's backed by peer-reviewed research. Here's what the literature says about what kids want, and what actually helps.
Children who received educational materials were significantly less worried about surgery and hospital procedures than children in the comparison and control groups.
Home-reading an animated picture book before surgery could effectively reduce the preoperative anxiety level.
These are independent, peer-reviewed studies — Prepare Little Patients is not affiliated with their authors or institutions, and citing them isn't an endorsement of our organization by these researchers.