Parents' Knowledge and Management of Fever: Parents Versus Fever!

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dc.contributor.authorCelik, Taylan
dc.contributor.authorGuzel, Yusuf
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:14:45Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Parents' lack of knowledge about fever causes fear and incorrect practices. This study aims to investigate the fever knowledge level, concerns, and practices of parents of preschool children. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted between July 2021 and July 2022, a survey was conducted among parents of children aged 6 months to 5 years who did not have a history of febrile seizure and/or chronic disease, either in themselves or their siblings. Results: A total of 386 parents, with a mean age of 33.6 +/- 6.38 years and a mean number of children of 1.85 +/- 0.9, participated in the study. Approximately one-third of parents started giving antipyretics to their child before the body temperature reached 38 degrees C (32.4%) and/or used them alternately (34.5%). Moreover, approximately two-thirds (67.1%) tended to seek medical help within the first 12 hours. Parents who could not define fever correctly (66.6%) were more likely to start giving antipyretics before the child's body temperature reached 38 degrees C [odds ratio (OR) 2.83 (1.70-4.71), P < .001] and seek medical help within the first 12 hours [OR 1.81 (1.16-2.82), P = .008]. As the number of children or length of parenting increased, parents started giving antipyretics before the body temperature reached 38 degrees C [OR 1.61 (1.26-2.06), P < .001; OR 1.04 (1.01-1.08), P = .048] and used them alternately [OR 1.07 (1.03-1.11), P = .001; OR 1.28 (1.02-1.62), P = .031]. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that a substantial proportion of parents still cannot define fever correctly, and inappropriate antipyretic use is more prevalent among experienced parents with multiple children and/or longer lengths of parenting.
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23152
dc.identifier.issn2757-6256
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.pmid38454227
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85186605314
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.trdizinid1260049
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23152
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1260049
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21193
dc.identifier.volume59
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001188179300010
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAves
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Archives of Pediatrics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectfever
dc.subjectparents
dc.subjectantipyretics
dc.titleParents' Knowledge and Management of Fever: Parents Versus Fever!
dc.typeArticle

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