The impact of medical clowns exposure over postoperative pain and anxiety in children and caregivers: An Israeli experience

• Main Authors: Nitza Newman (Author), Slava Kogan (Author), Moshe Stavsky (Author), Shay Pintov (Author), Yotam Lior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While postoperative pain management was shown to reduce unwanted physiological and emotional outcomes, pediatric postoperative pain management remains suboptimal. Medical-clowns were shown to be beneficial in many medical contexts including reduction of stress, anxiety and pain. This study was set t...