The Pharmacological and Traditional Methods Used by Mothers in Turkey during Teething Period
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Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 383 mothers. Data were collected with a web-based questionnaire created by the researchers.
Results: The mean age of the mothers was 31.08±6.04 (19-53) and the children were 19.19±11.50 (4-36) months on average. Children erupted at a mean age of 7.25±2.14 (4-10) months. 74.2% of the mothers had at least one problem while teething their children. The rate of mothers using traditional methods to resolve complaints during teething was 64.8%. Depending on the traditional method used, the rate of benefit for the child was 57.7%, and the rate of harm was 33.7%. The rate of use of medication by mothers to resolve complaints during teething was 51.7%. The rate of any benefit in the child due to the drug used was 57.7%, and the rate of complications was 8.9%. Drug-related harms in children were restlessness, increased salivation, and drug-related side effects, respectively. It was determined that the children of primary school graduate mothers had a higher rate of drug-related harm than the children of university graduate mothers (48.1%; 11.5%; p=0.002). Mothers who received training from health personnel to resolve complaints during teething were using drugs at a higher rate than mothers who received information from television and the internet (86.9%; 18.7%; p=0.008).
Conclusion: There are more complications in the method used in children who use traditional methods to resolve their teething complaints. It is important for mothers to get support from nurses in order for children to have a trouble-free teething period.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Aysel Topan
0000-0002-5883-0045
Türkiye
Aylin Kurt
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0000-0002-5521-0828
Türkiye
Musa Özsavran
0000-0001-9008-900X
Türkiye
Nilüfer Tatoğlu
0000-0002-9266-3041
Türkiye
Merve Yanık
0000-0002-0576-4152
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Eylül 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
31 Ekim 2021
Kabul Tarihi
21 Temmuz 2022
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 3
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https://doi.org/10.7126/cumudj.1809108
