Objective To analyze the application effect of diversified communication combined with child-friendly induction intervention in school-age children undergoing minimally invasive hernia surgery.

Methods A total of 180 school-age children who underwent minimally invasive hernia surgery were selected as research subjects and randomly divided into control group (90 cases) and observation group(90 cases). The control group received routine care, while the observation group was given diversified communication combined with child-friendly induction intervention based on the routine care. The cooperation level, health knowledge mastery, perioperative anxiety and fear, and postoperative pain degree were compared between the two groups.

Results The observation group showed higher treatment cooperation and better mastery of health knowledge than the control group, the scores of the Screening for Child Anxiety-related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and the Children's Medical Fear Scale (CMFS) were lower in the observation group before the visit and returning to the ward after surgery (P < 0.05). At 12 and 24 h postoperatively, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores for pain in the observation group were also lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion Diversified communication combined with child-friendly induction intervention is beneficial for improving the treatment cooperation and health knowledge mastery of school-age children undergoing minimally invasive hernia surgery. It can effectively alleviate perioperative anxiety and fear, and has a positive role in reducing postoperative pain.