Oflu Ayse, Bukulmez Aysegul, Gorel Oya, Acar Busegul, Can Yusuf, Ilgaz Nihat Cem, Yenioglu Ibrahim, Uygun Serkan, Sulecik Sultan
Department of Pediatrics, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Sixth Semester Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Sudan J Paediatr. 2020;20(1):49-57. doi: 10.24911/SJP.106-1568897690.
Lack of effective medical treatment in infantile colic (IC) causes desperate mothers to apply for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments. Due to the possibility of benefits, the risks that may be incurred by these methods are often ignored by the parents. Therefore, information on the use of CAM methods in IC is needed. The aim of this study is to reveal the CAM experiences of mothers in IC treatment and the demographic characteristics that affect them. Mothers whose children were diagnosed as IC by a physician in the past were included in the study. The sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, IC-diagnosed baby characteristics and CAM experiences were investigated face to face with a structured questionnaire. Sixty-six of 96 mothers who participated in the study used the CAM method. There was a statistically significant difference between the use of CAM and the education level of mothers ( < 0.05). We determined that 74% of mothers informed their doctors before starting treatments, and 82% do not believe if the CAM method could cause any harm that they would not notice by observing. The results showed that CAM methods are commonly used in IC treatment. According to these findings, mothers who use these methods believe that they are always harmless and have no side effects. For this reason, physicians should be careful about the adverse effects that may occur due to the CAM methods, which are widely used.
小儿腹绞痛（IC）缺乏有效的医学治疗方法，这使得绝望的母亲们寻求补充和替代医学（CAM）疗法。由于这些方法可能带来益处，家长们往往忽视了它们可能带来的风险。因此，需要有关在小儿腹绞痛中使用补充和替代医学方法的信息。本研究的目的是揭示母亲们在小儿腹绞痛治疗中使用补充和替代医学的经历以及影响这些经历的人口统计学特征。过去孩子被医生诊断为小儿腹绞痛的母亲被纳入本研究。通过结构化问卷面对面调查母亲们的社会人口统计学特征、被诊断为小儿腹绞痛的婴儿特征以及补充和替代医学经历。参与研究的96位母亲中有66位使用了补充和替代医学方法。补充和替代医学的使用与母亲的教育水平之间存在统计学上的显著差异（<0.05）。我们确定74%的母亲在开始治疗前告知了医生，82%的母亲不相信补充和替代医学方法会造成任何她们通过观察无法注意到的伤害。结果表明，补充和替代医学方法在小儿腹绞痛治疗中普遍使用。根据这些发现，使用这些方法的母亲认为它们总是无害且无副作用。因此，医生应警惕广泛使用的补充和替代医学方法可能产生的不良反应。
