Table 2.

Children’s average ratings of how much they knew about the hospital visit on the day of the procedure (4-point scale, ranging from 1=“nothing at all” to 4=“a lot or everything”).

Survey question	Mean (SD)
How much did you know about what it would be like when you got to the hospital?	2.28 (1.02)
How much did you know about where you would spend time before the surgery?	2.19 (1.03)
How much did you know about who you would meet before the operation?	2.19 (0.90)
How much did you know about what it would be like going into the operation room?	2.11 (0.99)
How much do you know about what happens during an anesthetics?	2.28 (0.97)
How much do you know about what happens during surgery?	2.16 (1.01)
How much do you know about what happens to you after the surgery?	2.19 (0.94)