Mustafa İNCESU, Tuğçe NALBANT, Emel BERKSOY

Acil Servise Başvuran Çocukların Ebeveynlerinin Büyüme Ağrısı Farkındalığının Değerlendirilmesi

Amaç: Büyüme ağrıları, çocuklarda tekrarlayan kas-iskelet ağrısının en sık nedenidir. İlk kez 1800'lerde tanımlanan bu durumun etiyolojisi pek çok araştırmacının ilgisini çekmesine rağmen hala belirsizliğini korumaktadır. Büyüme ağrıları, genellikle iyi huylu olarak kabul edilmekle birlikte, ebeveynlerde ciddi kaygılara neden olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada üçüncü basamak çocuk acil birimimize, herhangi bir nedenle başvuran hastaların ebeveynlerinin, büyüme ağrısı ile ilgili bilgi düzeyi, tutum ve davranışlarının irdelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmacılar, acil servisteki ebeveynleri çalışma hakkında bilgilendirdi ve büyüme ağrılarının tanımını yansıtan beş soruluk anket uyguladı. Bulgular: Çalışmamıza %93’ü anne olmak üzere 1000 ebeveyn katıldı. Hastaların yaş ortalaması 6,25±5,48 yıl olup ailedeki çocuk sayısı ortalama 2,45±1,22 çocuk idi. Ebeveynlerin %27,7'si büyüme ağrısı tanımını bilmediklerini belirtti. Araştırma, ebeveynlerin %43,1'inin büyüme ağrıları olan çocuğunu doktora götürdüğünü, diğer ebeveynlerin ise tedavi olarak masaj ve analjezik tercih ettiğini gösterdi. Sonuç: Büyüme ağrıların tedavisi genellikle masaj ve reçetesiz satılan analjeziklerle semptomatik bakımın yapılması, bunun yanı sıra çocuklara ve ebeveynlere bu durumun iyi huylu, kendi kendini sınırlayan bir durum olduğunun anlatılmasıdır. Büyüme ağrılarının doğal seyri hakkında ebeveynleri bilgilendirmek, kaygıyı ve acil servis başvurularının sayısını azaltmada yardımcı olabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Büyüme ağrısı, Çocuk acil, Pediatri

The Evaluation of Growing Pain Knowledge of Parents Who Applied to the Pediatric Emergency Department

Objective: Growing pains is the most common cause of recurrent musculoskeletal pain in children. First described in the 1800s, despite attracting the interest of many researchers, the etiology of this condition still remains unclear. Growing pains, though generally considered benign, can cause considerable anxiety in the parents. The present study was performed as a descriptive study to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitudes and behavior patterns regarding growing pain among the parents of patients brought to a tertiary care pediatric emergency department with any reason. Material and Methods: The researchers informed the parents in the emergency department about the study, and they applied a questionnaire which contains five questions, reflecting the definition of growing pain. Results: A total of 1000 parents participated in the study and 93% of them were mothers. The mean age of the patients was 6.25±5.48 and the mean number of children in the family was 2.45±1.22 children. 27.7% of the parents stated that they did not know the definition of growing pain. The research showed that 43.1% of parents took their child with growing pains to the doctor, while other parents preferred massage and analgesic medication as treatments. Conclusion: Management of growing pains generally consists of conservative care with massage and over-the-counter analgesics, as well as reassurance to children and parents about the benign, self-limited nature of this condition. Discussing the natural course of growing pains with parents can be helpful in decreasing anxiety and reduce the number of emergency department admissions.

Keywords:

Growing pains, Pediatric emergency, Pediatric,

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