کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3816070 1246129 2007 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Parents’ awareness of and knowledge about young children's urinary tract infections
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Parents’ awareness of and knowledge about young children's urinary tract infections
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo provide insight into parents’ awareness of and knowledge about urinary tract infections (UTIs) in young children.MethodsTwenty interviews with parents who had a child recently diagnosed with a UTI were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, and qualitatively analysed.ResultsMost parents knew the typical symptoms related to UTI. But, according to the parents, neither they nor all general practitioners (GPs) thought of a UTI in case of atypical symptoms. The awareness that UTI can be a serious illness usually came to parents later, partly because health care workers often did not explicitly mention this. According to the parents, health care workers should be more aware of UTIs in children. Parents felt that health education or mass screening might not be desirable because it would increase anxiety or would be perceived as not relevant.ConclusionParents could not consistently recognise UTI in their children and were most times unaware of the possible consequences of a UTI. Nevertheless, parents were sceptical about health education and mass screening.Practice implicationsThere seems little scope for health education addressed at parents or screening for UTI in young children. Instead, physicians and nurses should be alert for the possibility of UTIs in young children, and more information should be given once a UTI is diagnosed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Patient Education and Counseling - Volume 66, Issue 2, May 2007, Pages 250–255
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