Akkuş Abdullah, Aslan Hüseyin, Ercan Nefise Betül, Cığal Betül, Yücel Mehtap, Kılıç Ahmet Osman, Yazar Abdullah, Akın Fatih
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Ann Med. 2025 Dec;57(1):2537919. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2025.2537919. Epub 2025 Jul 21.
In our country, a considerable number of athletes are under the age of 18, and concerns regarding their physical, psychosocial, and athletic development are increasingly prominent. In the US, Pediatric Sports Medicine (PSM) , which has yet to be established in Turkey and many European countries, deals with the care and monitoring of young athletes. This study aimed to explore the challenges pediatricians face during preparticipation evaluation (PPE) of young athletes, the difficulties encountered in managing this specific population, and their perspectives on how the establishment of a PSM division could contribute, particularly in addressing legal responsibilities.
An online questionnaire was comprised of 12 questions, which addressed participants' personal and professional features, as well as which specialties pediatric athletes were mostly referred, types of sports of pediatric athletes, challenges experienced with the athlete and his/her parents during PPE, their awareness on PSM fellowship abroad, and their opinions on interests of PSM and establishment of PSM in our country.
A total of 360 pediatricians were recruited. Of the participants, 89.7% reported challenges with parents due to requesting immediate issuance of reports and 52.2% due to requesting reports without the child being present. Of the participants, 69.2% had never heard about PSM. Of the participants, 83.3% stated that establishment of PSM in Turkey would definitely make contribution, and 73.9% stated that PSM should definitely be established.
Awareness of PSM is low among pediatricians. The establishment of PSM in Turkey is widely supported and considered to be beneficial.
在我国，相当数量的运动员年龄在18岁以下，对他们身体、心理社会和运动发展的关注日益突出。在美国，儿科运动医学（PSM）负责年轻运动员的护理和监测，而在土耳其和许多欧洲国家尚未设立该领域。本研究旨在探讨儿科医生在年轻运动员参与前评估（PPE）过程中面临的挑战、管理这一特定人群时遇到的困难，以及他们对设立PSM部门如何做出贡献的看法，特别是在解决法律责任方面。
一份在线问卷包含12个问题，涉及参与者的个人和专业特征、儿科运动员最常被转诊的专科、儿科运动员的运动类型、在PPE期间与运动员及其父母遇到的挑战、他们对国外PSM奖学金的了解，以及他们对PSM的兴趣和在我国设立PSM的看法。
共招募了360名儿科医生。在参与者中，89.7%报告因家长要求立即出具报告而面临挑战，52.2%报告因家长要求在孩子不在场的情况下出具报告而面临挑战。在参与者中，69.2%从未听说过PSM。在参与者中，83.3%表示在土耳其设立PSM肯定会有帮助，73.9%表示肯定应该设立PSM。
儿科医生对PSM的认知度较低。在土耳其设立PSM得到广泛支持，并被认为是有益的。
