Threat perception, anxiety and noncompliance with preoperative fasting instructions among mothers of children attending elective same day surgery.
Threat perception, anxiety and noncompliance with preoperative fasting instructions among mothers of children attending elective same day surgery.
Jonathan Kushnir,R. Djerassi,Tamar Sofer,T. Kushnir
2015 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.08.018
Journal of Pediatric Surgery · 13 Citations
TLDR
Conscientiousness moderated the anxiety and compliance association so that high conscientiousness levels reduced the effect of anxiety, elevating the likelihood of anxious mothers to comply with fasting guidelines.