Objective  To explore the influence of parental accompanying on restlessness, postoperative pain and awakening quality in convalescence in children after general anesthesia surgery.

  Methods  A total of 211 children in convalescence after general anesthesia surgery were randomly divided into control group and intervention group. The control group (n=113) was given conventional nursing, while the intervention group (n=98) was given parental accompanying on the basis of conventional nursing. Riker sedation-agitation index, pain index of Face-Legs-Activity-Cry-Consolability (FLACC) scale and Steward awakening index were compared between two groups.

  Results  There were no significant differences in the basic clinical information and demographic data between the two groups (P>0.05). There were significant differences in Riker sedation-agitation index in the aspects of time effect, between-group effect and their interaction effect (P < 0.05). There was significant difference in score of FLACC pain index in the aspect of time effect (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the total score of awakening degree and the score of airway smoothness in the intervention group were significantly higher (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Compared with the conventional postoperative nursing, parental accompanying for children in convalescence after general anesthesia surgery can't alleviate the postoperative pain, but can effectively reduce the postoperative restlessness and improve the awakening degree of children.