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Painting Therapy versus Anxiolytic Premedication to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety Levels in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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  1. Department of Operating Room, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Samane Babaei, Samira Fatahi Babani, Mahmoud Fakhri & Arya Parviz

  2. Department of Health Information Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Soodeh Shahsavari

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Ali Karbasfrushan

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Maryam Etemadi

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Farabi Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Maryam Shirzadi

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Approved by the Research Administration and the Ethics Committee of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran (Approval ID: IR.KUMS.REC.1397.684) and registered in Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials in 2019/02/05 (IRCT number: IRCT20181117041683N1) at https://www.irct.ir. This article is extracted from Master's thesis and the research is financed by Clinical Research Development Center of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 

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Babaei, S., Fatahi Babani, S., Fakhri, M. et al. Painting Therapy versus Anxiolytic Premedication to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety Levels in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Indian J Pediatr 88, 190–191 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03430-9

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