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Öğe Assessment of the changing trends in maternal knowledge about management of fever and antibiotic use in the last decade in T?rkiye(Turkish J Pediatrics, 2023) Sager, Safiye Gunes; Batu, Utku; Karatoprak, Elif Yuksel; Cag, Yakup; Erguven, MuferetBackground. The wrong attitudes of parents on fever create a basis for unnecessary drug use and increased workload. The study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes concerning fever and antibiotic use and demonstrate the changes in the last decade. Methods. This cross-sectional study was composed of two parts, and a total of 500 participants were included. Group 1 (the new group, 50.0%) consisted of 250 participants who participated in the study between February 2020 and March 2020 and Group 2 (the old group, 50.0%) consisted of 250 participants who participated in the study between February 2010 and March 2010. All participants share the same ethnic properties and had been visiting the same center for similar reasons. A validated, structured questionnaire assessing the management of fever and antibiotic use was administered to all mothers. Results. According to the fever assessment scoring, maternal knowledge of fever and its management in children significantly increased (p < 0.001). The antibiotic assessment score also increased in 2020 (p = 0.002). Conclusions. The public spotlight on the erroneous use of antibiotics and the management of febrile illnesses seems to be promising. Improving maternal/parental educational status and informational advertisements can enhance parental knowledge concerning fever and antibiotic use.Öğe Mothers' Knowledge Levels About Fever, Antipyretics, Febrile Illnesses, Antibiotic Use, and Febrile Convulsions(2021) Batu, Utku; Sağer, Güneş; Ergüven, MüferretIntroduction: We aimed to measure the level of knowledge about fever by reaching 300 mothers. If the level of information is found to be inadequate in accordance with the results, by alerting the authorities about the results and ensuring that they reach the public; We thought that it might be useful for many applications to hospitals, unnecessary antibiotic use, antibiotic resistance, reducing the panic level of families and relieving the state budget. As a matter of fact, we thought that the Ministry of Health is a valuable study to help the studies to be done today in order to shed light on how effective these advertisements are due to the fact that they were made before the public awareness activities and we published the information obtained today. Methods: Study was conducted with 300 mothers who applied to Pediatric Clinics between 2009-2010 under the permission of the ethics committee. Aim of correcting existing mistakes and statisticing the information we should provide to mothers. Results: 82% of the mothers who participated in our study had low socioeconomic level. Fever consciousness was low in 57% of our mothers. The rate of antibiotic use was 53%. According to the data of our study, 58% of mothers do not measure fever correctly. There is no fever measuring device in 45%. Discussion and Conclusion: We found that mothers' awareness of fever, their behaviors about febrile convulsions, and their awareness of antibiotic use were insufficient. We determined that the mother being a housewife, the mother's education level being low, socioeconomic level score was low, her husband's occupation, her husband's education was low, and fever awareness and antibiotic use were negatively affected. When we consider the results, we anticipate that mothers should be informed about fever, that they will make unnecessary applications to the child and that they will prevent delayed and inadequate intervention.