Experiences and practices of mothers with children 0-5 age group on fever management: A mixed methods study.

AIMS: To determine fever management experiences and practices of mothers of children between 0 and 5 years of age. BACKGROUND: Fever is a common child health challenge known since ancient times. The implications of poor fever management include emotional trauma in parents and the convulsions that might cause neurological sequelae in rare cases. However, even today, mothers' emotional experiences, support needs and psychosocial difficulties during the fever management process at home are not well known. DESIGN: Convergent parallel mixed methods were used. METHODS: Questionnaire and Parent Fever Management Scale were applied to 170 mothers. 23 mothers were interviewed. 'Number Cruncher Statistical System' software and thematic analysis were used for data analysis. STROBE and COREQ checklist were utilized. RESULTS: The mothers participating in the study reported that they had difficulty controlling their child's fever at home and 87.6% reported that they felt negative emotions during the process. Negative emotions were anxiety (83.3%), fear (67.3%), panic (34.7%), loneliness (14.3%), incompetence (21.3%), anger (0.7%), helplessness and guilt (2.7%). Sixty percent of the mothers stated that they couldn't easily reach a nurse for counselling when their child had a fever at home. In the qualitative part, five themes were identified as 'meaning attributed to fever, psychosocial dimension of fever, fever management, difficulties in fever management, and fever within the scope of health service delivery'. CONCLUSION: Mothers still have difficulties in fever management at home. Nurses can support them with fever management programs either online or via telephone. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Our study shows that fever in children causes emotional problems as well as the burden of care among mothers. Mothers also need psychosocial and physical support during home-based management of fever. PATIENT/PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Opinions were obtained from mothers about the qualitative findings and questions that will be included in the questionnaire and interviews.

Thematic Analysis of the Organ Transplantation News in Turkish Press.

BACKGROUND: Organ transplantation, which is one of the most important developments in medical technology and a successful treatment against irreversible life-organ insufficiency, gives people a second chance at life and increases their quality of life. The aim of this qualitative research is to detect how often organ transplantation news is reported in the Turkish press and to analyze the content of this news. METHODS: The data in this qualitative study were obtained from the first 3 most widely read newspapers (Posta, Hürriyet, and Sabah) in Turkey between January and July 2018. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: When the newspapers were examined, only 17 texts on organ transplants were obtained during a period of 6 months. Six themes were defined after the data analysis. These themes were (1) information on the organ transplantation process, (2) emotional reactions, (3) medical knowledge, (4) importance of organ donation, (5) organ transplant in Turkey, and (6) legal regulation. Most news focused on the emotional reactions of patients and their families and information on the organ transplantation process. CONCLUSIONS: When we looked at the whole content in Turkish press, there was a place for organ transplantation. However, it is considered that in press news, where people access information easily, more space should be given to organ transplantation to create awareness of how vital it is in changing some people's lives; health professionals and journalists need to work collaboratively to reach this aim.