Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Impact of a brief peri-operative counselling session on parental awareness of passive smoking in paediatric ambulatory surgery: A single-centre observational study
Authors' conclusion
A single brief peri-operative counselling session improved parental awareness of SHS harms, with limited short-term impact on self-reported behaviour.
Study context
- Population
- Smoking parents of children scheduled for elective paediatric ambulatory surgery, University Hospital of Liège, Belgium26 completed 30-day follow-up
- Participants
- 31 parents
- Exposure
- Parental second-hand smoke (SHS) awareness before vs immediately after a single brief peri-operative counselling session
- Outcome
- Change in summed awareness score (six items, 0 to 10 each; total 0 to 60)
- Follow-up
- Precounselling to immediate postcounselling
Methodological detailssingle-centre, 30-day follow-up
- Single-centre
- 30-day follow-up
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Parental awareness of SHS
- Brief peri-operative counselling session markedly improved parental awareness of SHS
- Awareness score exploratory and not formally validated
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Self-reported behavioural change · 30 days
- Self-reported behavioural change remained modest
Original publication
Impact of a brief peri-operative counselling session on parental awareness of passive smoking in paediatric ambulatory surgery: A single-centre observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care. Published 22 May 2026. doi:10.
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