Information overload and parental perspectives on information provided to parents/carers of paediatric patients undergoing elective surgical procedures

When parents are expected to play a significant role in the management of their children's health perioperatively, information overload for parents could have particularly detrimental consequences. Our study investigated information communication and overload in 380 parents of children undergoing any elective surgical procedure at our institution.

Citation:
Sommerfield A, Sommerfield D, Lee K, Evans D, Dodd M, Bell E, Gonsalves S, Khan RN, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Information overload and parental perspectives on information provided to parents/carers of paediatric patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(10).

Keywords:
Elective surgery; procedures; psychology; health literacy; surveys and questionnaires; parents; child; preschool

Abstract:
When parents are expected to play a significant role in the management of their children's health perioperatively, information overload for parents could have particularly detrimental consequences. Our study investigated information communication and overload in 380 parents of children undergoing any elective surgical procedure at our institution.