Endocrine Abstracts

In 1997, Japanese Child Life Specialist (CLS) was born by earning license in the United States, and then the concept of ‘preparation’ has spread in Japan. Needs for ‘preparation’ has been established as the channel to enhance child abilities with an increase in Hospital Specialists (HPS) got licenses in Britain. However, CLS and HPS do not exist in all facilities, so nurses had individually provided explanation of examinations and procedures through pictures or picture-story-shows to these children previously in Japan.

In our facility, nurses has provided the ‘preparation’ of the GH treatment (i.e. admitting into the hospital, having examinations and procedures, and receiving growth hormone injections) using picture-story-shows and/or stuffed toys for hospitalized small-for-gestational-age (SGA) children and their families, since 2008 when the growth hormone treatment cost became reimbursed for SGA by the national medical insurance. Actual practices will be reported.

Declaration of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research project.

Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sector.