Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children under Anesthesia: The Relationship between the Degree of Information Provided to Parents and Parents’ Anxiety Scores

Table 1

The children’s parameters.

Parameters	Group I	Group II	𝑃
Age (year)	3.4±3.1	3.2±2.8	0.63
Gender
Male 𝑛 (%)	38 (48.7)	40 (51.3)	0.87
Female 𝑛 (%)	34 (50.0)	34 (50.0)
Weight (kg)	15.6±5.3	13.9±6.2	0.64
ASA I/II (𝑛)	57/15	61/13	0.61
Duration of MRI (min)	25.7±10.4	24.6±9.5	0.72
MRI-body part imaged (𝑛)
Brain	35	40	0.93
Columna vertebralis	20	21
Abdomen	7	4
Extremity-joint	3	2
Spectroscopy	3	3
Other	4	4

The data are presented as mean ± SD. min: minutes; 𝑛: number; %: percentage.
ASA: American Association of Anesthesiologists Risk Classification.