scholarly journals Why Fever Phobia Is Still Common?

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzan Gunduz ◽  
Esma Usak ◽  
Tulin Koksal ◽  
Metin Canbal
Keyword(s):  
Fever Phobia

‘Fever Phobia’ Persists in Many Ethnic Groups

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
BETSY BATES
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Fever Phobia

Parental Fever Phobia and Its Correlates

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 1110-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Kramer ◽  
Lenora Naimark ◽  
Denis G. Leduc
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Febrile Child ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Considerable Effort ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Fever Phobia ◽  
Infants And Young Children

Parents of 202 young febrile children were surveyed about their knowledge, attitudes, and fears concerning fever and its treatment. Forty-eight percent of the parents considered temperatures less than 38.0°C to be "fevers", 43% felt that temperatures less than 40.0°C could be dangerous to a child, 21% favored treatment for fevers less than 38.0°C, and 15% believed that, left untreated, temperature could rise to 42.0°C or higher. Fifty-three percent advocated waking a febrile child at night to administer antipyretic therapy. Young age of the child was associated with a preference for use of acetaminophen over aspirin and, unexpectedly, with a higher parental threshold for consideration of fever. The higher their child's temperature at the time they were questioned, the higher the minimum temperature that parents considered a cause for concern. Surprisingly, higher socioeconomic status was not associated with a lesser degree of fever phobia. In fact, parents of higher socioeconomic status were more concerned about the risks of brain damage or seizures as sequelae of fever than were parents of lower socioeconomic status. It is concluded that undue fear and overly aggressive treatment of fever are epidemic among parents of infants and young children, even among the highly educated and well-to-do. Considerable effort will be required on the part of pediatricians and other child health workers to reeducate these parents about the definition, consequences, and appropriate treatment of fever.

Fever Phobia Revisited: Have Parental Misconceptions About Fever Changed in 20 Years?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 1241-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Crocetti ◽  
N. Moghbeli ◽  
J. Serwint
Keyword(s):  
Fever Phobia

'Fever Phobia'

1980 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
pp. 1001
Author(s):  
GEORGE J. COHEN
Keyword(s):  
Fever Phobia

scholarly journals Understanding Discomfort in Order to Appropriately Treat Fever

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattia Doria ◽  
Domenico Careddu ◽  
Flavia Ceschin ◽  
Maria Libranti ◽  
Monica Pierattelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
International Guidelines ◽  
Inappropriate Drugs ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Antipyretic Treatment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Fever Phobia

Although national and international guidelines on the management of childhood and adolescent fever are available, some inadequate practices persist, both from parents and healthcare professionals. The main goal of bringing children’s temperature back to normal can lead to the choice of inappropriate drugs or non-necessary combination/alternation of antipyretic treatments. This behavior has been described in the last 35 years with the concept of fever-phobia, caused also by the dissemination of unscientific information and social media. It is therefore increasingly important that pediatricians continue to provide adequate information to parents in order to assess the onset of signs of a possible condition of the child’s discomfort rather than focusing only on temperature. In fact, there is no clear and unambiguous definition of discomfort in literature. Clarifying the extent of the feverish child’s discomfort and the tools that could be used to evaluate it would therefore help recommend that antipyretic treatment is appropriate only if fever is associated with discomfort.

Can Mother’s Touch Really Assess Fever in Children - A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in Paediatric Department, MGM Hospital, Warangal

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (30) ◽  
pp. 2773-2777
Author(s):  
Padmini Soujanya Balla ◽  
Surender Kagithapu ◽  
Pratap Gudi ◽  
Sirikiran Thouti Reddy ◽  
Geetha Sowmya Vetcha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Measured Temperature ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Axillary Temperature ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Paediatric Department ◽  
Professional Care ◽  
Fever Phobia

BACKGROUND Fever is one of the most common complaints encountered by paediatric practitioners in the clinics and hospitals. Fever as a complaint alone, accounts for 25% of the complaints among others like cold, cough, vomiting etc. Most often it is the first noticed sign by the parents especially, mothers. Very often parents don’t consider fever as a sign of illness, but fever itself is considered as an illness. Most of the mothers presume fever by tactile perception and seek medical consultation. Fever is a complex physiologic response to disease mediated pyrogenic cytokines and characterized by a rise in core temperature. In this study, we want to determine if assessment of fever by touch of the mother correlates with measured temperature simultaneously. METHODS This study was done in department of Paediatrics, MGM Hospital, Warangal in the age group 6months and 12 years between October 2019 to April 2020. Axillary temperature was measured simultaneously in all those children where mother perceived fever by touch, admitted to the paediatric department MGMH hospital. Temperature more than 99.4 F measured in the axillary area was considered as fever. RESULTS Of the 199 mothers 74 i.e., (37.19 %) perceived fever correctly and 125 i.e., (62.81 %) perceived fever which was not recorded on measurement. when educational status of the mother was considered ,graduate mothers could perceive fever better when compared to illiterate mothers. CONCLUSIONS In the present study we found that fever perception by tactile sensation is inferior to measured temperature. Parents often wrongly perceive normal temperature as fever and rush to seek professional care. Even educated mothers were unable to assess fever correctly by touch. The results of this study may thus be potentially useful in reassuring parents with fever phobia. All mothers should be motivated and encouraged for use of standardized thermometer to measure fever even at home , thus reducing the burden of false fever in our OPD`S and hospitals. KEYWORDS Mothers, Perceived Fever, Measured Temperature

scholarly journals Fever Phobia in Korean Caregivers and Its Clinical Implications

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Ho Kwak ◽  
Do Kyun Kim ◽  
Hye Young Jang ◽  
Jin Joo Kim ◽  
Jeong-Min Ryu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Fever Phobia

Fever Literacy and Fever Phobia

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew B. Wallenstein ◽  
Alan R. Schroeder ◽  
Michael K. Hole ◽  
Christina Ryan ◽  
Natalia Fijalkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fever Phobia
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