To investigate the application of early warning intervention based on risk assessment in perioperative nursing of children with indirect inguinal hernia.

Clinical data of 210 children with indirect inguinal hernia who were admitted to Bozhou People's Hospital from January 2020 to January 2022 were analyzed retrospectively. Children who received routine nursing intervention from January to December 2020 were included in the control group (n=103) and those who received early warning intervention based on risk assessment from January 2021 to January 2022 were included in the observation group (n=107). Surgical and hospitalization conditions, adverse emotions, the incidence of nursing risk events, nursing satisfaction and complications were compared between the two groups.

There was no significant difference in surgical time and intraoperative blood loss between the two groups (P>0.05). Hospital stay and Hospitalization costs of the observation group [(2.05±0.34) d and (2446.72±256.73) yuan] were shorter/less than those of the control group [(3.16±0.86) days and (4083.46±283.18) yuan] (P<0.05). After intervention, the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) scores and Depression Self Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) scores decreased in both groups. The scores of the observation group [(16.55±1.49) and (12.18±1.05)] were lower than those of the control group [(19.64±1.85) and (15.14±1.37)] (P<0.05). The incidence of nursing risk events in the observation group (6.54%) was significantly lower than that in the control group (21.36%) (P<0.05), and nursing satisfaction rate was significantly higher in the observation group (92.52%) than that in the control group (83.50%) (P<0.05).

Applying perioperative early warning intervention based on risk assessment to children with indirect inguinal hernia can reduce the length of hospital stay and hospitalization costs, improve adverse emotions, reduce risk events and improve nursing satisfaction.