John A. Wolfer's research while affiliated with University of Utah and other places
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Publications (5)
This experiment tested the stress reducing effects of written and illustrated materials which were designed to prepare children for hospitalization for minor surgery. The preparatory materials incorporated information and procedures used successfully in previous studies to prepare children and parents in the hospital. One hundred sixty three childr...
This study assesses the effectiveness of two stress-reducing strategies in a field setting. The first strategy consists of a coping device which entails the cognitive reappraisal of anxiety-provoking events, calming self-talk, and cognitive control through selective attention. The second strategy consists of supplying information about the threaten...
This clinical experiment tested variations of psychological preparation and supportive care designed to increase the adjustment of children (and their parents) hospitalized for elective surgery. Eighty-four children, aged 3 to 12, admitted for tonsillectomies were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions or to a control group: (1) a c...
The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that children who receive systematic psychologic preparation and continued supportive care, in contrast to those who do not, would show less upset behavior and more cooperation in the hospital and fewer post-hospital adjustment problems and that their parents would be less anxious and more satisf...
Selected studies concerned with assessing surgical patients' recovery and welfare are briefly reviewed to point out the major types of direct criterion measures that have been used to measure the outcome of nursing procedures. There has been a tendency to operationalize patient recovery and welfare, primarily in terms of physical, rather than psych...
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... Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer is recognized as the preeminent scholar on mindfulness, having studied mindfulness for over 40 years. Her early work (Langer et al., 1975;Langer & Rodin, 1976;Rodin & Langer, 1977) examined mindfulness in relation to health. Langer (2000) concluded that mindfulness improves health and yields greater longevity. ...
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... As with all procedures, explaining the sequence of events and expectations before moving to the operating room is a vital aspect in decreasing distress (16), as a de-briefing after the procedure alone has proved to be neither sufficient nor beneficial (36). Providing information preoperatively improves postoperative mood, physical recovery, and satisfaction with care (37,38). Our interviews suggest that patients for the most part were not experiencing a lack of information, but rather a lack of listening and empathy from their physicians at the time that the decision for a cesarean was being conveyed. ...
... Participants most frequently reported providing normalization of the health care environment, therapeutic play, emotional support, and psychological preparation for medical procedures which resulted in observable reduction in anxiety for the patients and family members. Classic literature supports that observed behavioral responses are valid indicators of measuring adaptive and maladaptive coping (Kronenberger et al., 1997;Wolfer & Visintainer, 1975). CCLSs reported that they noted lower stress levels and improved abilities to cope with the medical experience based on their observation of patients' and families' verbal and behavioral responses. ...
... The understanding of the multifaceted concept of parental anxiety and its influence on the child's psychological status and recovery is limited. [1] Traditionally, few studies have reported an increase in parental anxiety and stress levels during the hospitalization of their child [2][3][4][5]. The hospital environment, repeated examinations performed by doctors, intravenous cannulations, injectable medications, withdrawal of blood samples, filling of consent forms, and other such hassles, which often go unnoticed by health professionals may deeply impact the lives of already stressed parents [1]. ...
... The main goals are to regain control over bodily functions, to return to mental well-being, to move away from being sick and to feel healthy (Allvin et al. 2007). Allvin (2009) and Wolfer (1973) both describe how important it is for healthcare professionals to be aware of their role in the patient's postoperative recovery. Individualised information and support are key elements in each patient's recovery process (Wolfer 1973, Allvin 2009). ...
