TY - JOUR T1 - Parents who received transfer preparation had lower anxiety about their children's transfer from the paediatric intensive care unit to a general paediatric ward JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 17 LP - 17 DO - 10.1136/ebn.3.1.17 VL - 3 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/3/1/17.abstract N2 - Bouvé LR, Rozmus CL, Giordano P.Preparing parents for their child's transfer from the PICU to the pediatric floor.Appl Nurs Res 1999 Aug;12:114–20.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: What is the effectiveness of transfer preparation to reduce the anxiety level of parents of children facing imminent transfer from a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to a general paediatric ward? Randomised {allocation concealed}*, unblinded, controlled trial.A tertiary medical centre in southeastern USA.50 parents (mean age 31 y, age range 15–52 y, 62% women, 80% white, 78% married) of children (mean age 3 y, age range 1 wk to 12 y) who were in a PICU (mean duration of PICU stay 5 d). Inclusion criteria were first experience of a child in the PICU, child in hospital because of an acute illness (eg, trauma, surgical procedure, or diagnosis of … ER -