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Healthcare professionals approach paediatric fever in significantly different ways and fever phobia is not just limited to parents
| dc.contributor.author | Martins, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abecasis, Francisco | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-23T12:41:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-23T12:41:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | © 2016 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2016 | pt_PT |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim: Fever is a benign process, but it is still frequently regarded as harmful. We aimed to evaluate the knowledge of parents and healthcare professionals on fever. Methods: Data were obtained through questionnaires administered to a sample of parents and nurses in the paediatric emergency rooms of two hospitals and to family doctors and paediatricians currently practising in Portugal. Results: We collected 265 answers from parents, 49 from nurses and 525 from doctors. Most nurses (74%), doctors (55%) and parents (43%) considered fever as a temperature above 38°C. The parents' first reaction to a febrile child was to give them antipyretics, and acetaminophen was used most frequently (44%). Nurses considered that a child with fever must always be treated and that a history of febrile seizures was the most decisive factor in initiating treatment. On the other hand, the most important factor for paediatricians was the presence of discomfort. For parents (74%) and nurses (92%), the most feared effect of untreated fever was seizures, and for paediatricians (97%), it was irritability. Conclusion: The parents' and nurses' attitudes demonstrated fear of fever and its consequences. The approach to paediatric fever was significantly different among healthcare professionals. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Acta Paediatr. 2016 Jul;105(7):829-33 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/apa.13406 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1651-2227 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0803-5253 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54558 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16512227 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Antipyretics | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Children | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Fever | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Parents | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Phobia | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Healthcare professionals approach paediatric fever in significantly different ways and fever phobia is not just limited to parents | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 833 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 7 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 829 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Acta Paediatrica | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 105 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Martins | |
| person.familyName | Abecasis | |
| person.givenName | Marta | |
| person.givenName | Francisco | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-0429-9380 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1883-050X | |
| person.identifier.rid | M-1875-2013 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55268246400 | |
| rcaap.rights | restrictedAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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