Parental partnership program for parents of children undergoing genitourinary surgery

Introduction: A child's genitourinary surgery is an extremely stressful circumstance for the parents. When a child's genitourinary surgery is scheduled, the parents worried about the procedure's result and feel helpless to improve the child's health and care. They give their child a lot of love and attention, but the bond between the parent and child is also impacted by their surgical planning. This study aimed to find out the anxiety level of parents of children undergoing genitourinary surgery and assess the effectiveness of parental partnership program on reducing anxiety level of parents of children undergoing genitourinary surgery. Methods: Study conducted among 50 parents of children undergoing genitourinary surgery through the convenient sampling technique at tertiary care hospital of Bhopal, India. Data was collected using self- structured socio-demographic variables questionnaires and Hamilton Anxiety Rating scale. The intervention, parental partnership program was formulated by researcher and carried out in 3days, each day lasting for 30 minutes. Results: Findings revealed that 18% of the parents had mild severity, 38% of the parents had a mild to moderate severity of anxiety and 44% of the parents had moderate to severe anxiety due to planned genitourinary surgery of the children. In the current study, the average anxiety levels were significantly lower after giving parental partnership program when compared to before. Conclusion: From the findings of the study, it can be concluded that parents of children undergoing surgery were anxious about their children's surgery and their anxiety was reduced after parental partnership program.