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Effect of flick application on pain level and duration of crying during infant vaccination

BackgroundThe aim of the research is to determine the effect of flick application to reduce pain on pain level and duration of crying during vaccination.MethodThis research was carried out on one-month-old babies in a family health center between March and June 2015. The babies coming for the second dose of Hepatitis B vaccine were divided into experiment and control groups. The babies in experiment group were flicked just before they were vaccinated. On the other hand, the babies in control group were vaccinated in usual way, with no other application. The pain level of babies in both groups was determined using “Neonatal Infant Pain Scale”. In addition, babies’ duration of crying was recorded.ResultsIn the study, it was detected that there was not a significant difference between pain score averages of babies in experiment and control groups (p > 0.05) before the application, however a significant difference in pain score average was detected during the application (p < 0.01) and after the application (p < 0.001). Babies’ duration of crying was compared and it was determined that babies in experiment group cried for shorter period, but no relevance was found (p > 0.05).ConclusionsFlick application at vaccination area could be used to reduce pain during vaccination at babies.

Identification of the traditional methods of newborn mothers regarding jaundice in Turkey

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To detect traditional methods applied for the treatment of newborn jaundice by mothers in Turkey. BACKGROUND Traditional methods are generally used in our society. Instead of using medical services, people often use already-known traditional methods to treat the disease. In such cases, the prognosis of the disease generally becomes worse, the treatment period longer and healthcare costs higher, and more medicine is used. DESIGN A cross-sectional descriptive study. METHODS The participants of this study were 229 mothers with newborn babies aged 0-28 days in one university hospital and one public childrens hospital in Sanliurfa. The study was conducted between March and May 2012. In this research, the Beliefs and Traditional Methods of Mothers for Jaundice Questionnaire, which was formed by searching the relevant literature, is used as a data collection tool. The data are evaluated by percentage distributions. RESULTS Mothers apply conventional practices in cases of health problems such as jaundice, and application of these methods is important to mothers. Moreover, mothers reported applying hazardous conventional methods in cases of neonatal jaundice, such as cutting the area between the babys eyebrows with a blade, cutting the back of the ear and the body and burning the body, which are not applied in different cultures. CONCLUSIONS Education regarding the effects of conventional methods being applied in families should be provided, and the results of this study should serve to guide further studies in assessing the effects of such education. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE This approach can support beneficial practices involving individual care and prevent the negative health effects of hazardous practices.

Türkiye’nin İki Farklı Bölgesindeki 1-12 Aylık Bebeği Olan Annelerin Karın Ağrısına Yönelik Geleneksel Uygulamalarının Belirlenmesi

Amac: Bu arastirma bebeklik doneminde karin agrisi yasayan cocuklarin annelerinin basvurduklari geleneksel uygulamalarini belirlemek amaci ile yapilmistir. Yontem: Tanimlayici ve kesitsel tipte olan arastirma, Turkiye’nin farkli iki bolgesinde yer alan 2 Aile Sagligi merkezine kayitli bebeklerin anneleri ile yurutulmustur. Toplam 243 anne ile anket formu araciligi ile veriler elde edilmistir . Bulgular: Annelerin %64.6’sinin bebeklerindeki karin agrisi nedeni ile doktora basvurdugu ve %47.3’unun bebeklerindeki karin agrisini gidermek icin ilac verdikleri belirlenmistir. Annelerin bebeklerindeki karin agrisini gidermek icin basvurduklari geleneksel uygulamalardan yarar gorme durumlari incelenmis ve %68,7’sinin bebegi sallama, %37’si karina zeytinyagi ile masaj, %38,3’u sicak icecek icirme, %37’si bacak egzersizleri yaptirma, %25.5’i karanlik odada tutma, %25.1’i rezene cayi icirme, %24.3’u tatli icecekler icirme uygulamalarindan yarar gorduklerini ifade etmislerdir. Karin agrisi yasayan bebeklere uygulanan geleneksel uygulamalar bolgeler arasi karsilastirildiginda sakin ve karanlik odada tutma, bacak egzersizleri yaptirma, karina veya ayakaltina gulyagi surme, hocaya okutma gibi uygulamalarin guneydogu bolgesinde daha sik uygulandigi belirlenmis olup istatistiki anlamlilik saptanmistir (p<0.05). Arastirmada annelerin yasadigi bolgeye gore karin agrisinda doktora basvurma (p<0.001), karin agrisinda ilac kullanma(p<0.05) arasinda istatistiksel olarak anlamlilik saptanmis olup batida yasayanlarin daha sik doktora basvurdugu, guneydoguda yasayanlarin daha cok geleneksel uygulamalara basvurdugu belirlenmistir(p<0.05). Sonuc: Karin agrisina yonelik geleneksel uygulamalar arasinda cesitli zararli uygulamalara(karnina veya ayak altina alkol ve katran suruldugu, karabiber icirildigi vb.) rastlanmistir. Yapilan geleneksel uygulamalardan yararlari kanitlanmis uygulamalar da ise miktar ve sure onemli oldugundan bilincsiz uygulamalardan kacinilmasi konusunda annelerin bilinclendirilmesi gerekmektedir

Determination of caregiving burden of parents providing care to their children with epidermolysis bullosa

Objective This study was conducted to determine the caring burden of eight children with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) and its affecting factors. Patients and methods The sample size of this descriptive study was eight children with EB and their parents. The research data were obtained by going to the children’s homes and giving them a personal descriptive information form and by using the Zarit caregiving burden scale between 1 March and 30 March 2014. Data were then evaluated by using the SPSS. Results A total of eight children with EB from four families, including two siblings in each family, and their parents took part in this study. Half of the children were 3–5 years old and the other half were 6–9; 62.5% were girls and 75% had not attended school or nursery. The Zarit caregiving burden scale score of the caregiving parents was 47.25, which is considered to be advanced. In the present study, no statistical relevance was found between parents’ score on the caregiving burden scale and children’s sex and age, caregiver’s sex and age, and education level (P 0.05). A statistical relevance was found between parents getting support in providing care and the mean caregiving burden scores (P<0.05): ones who had support had lower mean caregiving burden scores. Conclusion It was found that parents who provide care to their children with EB have advanced caregiving burden and that having someone assisting them in providing care to children who are dependent in terms of wound care and activities of daily living reduces caregiving burden.