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How Much Do Parents Know About Pain in Their Children?

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Objectives Adequate pain control is essential to the comprehensive management of pediatric patients within the emergency department. The aim of this study is to evaluate parents' knowledge about pain in… Click to show full abstract

Objectives Adequate pain control is essential to the comprehensive management of pediatric patients within the emergency department. The aim of this study is to evaluate parents' knowledge about pain in the pediatric population patient and secondarily describe erroneous concepts that can affect a correct children's pain management. Methods A single-center descriptive study of cross-sectional surveys was performed between October and December 2018, with a previously validated ad hoc and anonymous questionnaire consisting of 9 items. All parents/guardians participating in the study had a child aged 0 to 18 years who had been admitted to the emergency department. Results Sixty-nine percent (n = 315) were women, 49.9% (n = 226) had university degrees and only 11% (n = 50) had professions related to the healthcare system. A linear association was observed between the number of correct answers and the level of education (β = 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 0.76–1.32; P < 0.001), as well as between parents with professions related to the healthcare system compared with other professions (61.4% vs 51.2% with P = 0.005). The responses of Spanish parents offered better results than answers obtained from parents from the American continent (56.4% vs 41.4% with P < 0.001). No differences were observed between parents of children with chronic diseases. Conclusions In our study, we observed that a considerable percentage of parents hold misconceptions about how children express pain, and therefore, it would be necessary to encourage formation programs for parents to help identify, evaluate, and correctly treat pain in their children.

Keywords: emergency; know pain; much parents; pain; parents know; pain children

Journal Title: Pediatric Emergency Care
Year Published: 2022

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