Attitudes of parents and physicians toward febrile seizures.
OBJECTIVE
Although febrile seizures are common in children, attitudes may change among parents. The management of a child may differ depending on the specialty of the attending physician. This study was carried out to analyze attitudes of Turkish parents and physicians toward febrile seizures.


METHODS
308 children with febrile seizure who were admitted to the Department of Pediatric Neurology at Dr Sami Ulus Children's Hospital and Gazi University in Turkey between January 2006 and March 2007 were enrolled.


RESULTS
Prior to seizure, approximately half of the parents took appropriate steps in reducing fever. The data also showed that there was a wide variation of treatment practice depending on the specialty of the attending physician.


CONCLUSIONS
Educational level and economic status are important variables affecting attitudes of parents toward fever and febrile seizure. The management of the child with a febrile seizure differs even within the same specialty in Turkish physicians.
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Dr Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Altindag, Ankara, Turkey. dayilmaz2002@yahoo.com
Deniz
D
Yilmaz
Ebru
E
Arhan
Deniz
D
Yuksel
Aysima
A
Ozçelik
Nesrin
N
Senbil
Ayse
A
Serdaroglu
Y K Yavuz
YK
Gurer
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000628:therapy*; D014421:Turkey