Abstract

Objective To study medical fear and its influencing factors in hospitalized school-age children in Lanzhou area.Methods Children's Medical Fear Scale was used to investigate 110 cases of hospitalized school-age children,and the investigation result underwent analysis.Results The total score of children's medical fears was (50.43±7.34),the three items with the highest score among 30 items were surgery,death,being deprived of education,homework delay,surgery and death tied for first.Conclusions Medical fear of school-age children was related with age and gender,female was significantly higher than that of male.No relationship with the family education environment,duration of illness,area of residence. Key words: Lanzhou area; School-age children; Medical fears; Influencing factors

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