Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English]
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Resumo: | Aims: To evaluate the knowledge of parents of children from 0 to 7 years old who had an appointment at the outpatient clinic of Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS about prevention of exogenous poisoning at home environment, identifying if parents were receiving preventive orientation about intoxication during the consultation. Methods: Parents were selected and interviewed when they brought their children to the pediatric outpatient clinic appointment, previously scheduled, during the first semester of 1996. The method used for collecting data was systematic sampling, with interviews through a structured questionary. The data was processed with the Epi Info Program 6.0 and SPSS 7.5. For comparisons chi-square test and the Fisher’s exact test were used. Relative risk with the confidence intervals of 95% was also used. Results: A total of 309 families were interviewed, and in 175 (56.6%) the child was a boy. The median age of children was 13 months. Mean age of fathers and mothers were 30.2 years and 26.7 years, respectively. Most of the parents (53,3%) had incomplete elementary school. We have found that 184 (59.5%) of the interviewed subjects stored their home cleaning products in potentially dangerous places and 113 (36.6%) of them stored the drugs used by the family in unsafe places. Although 82,2% of the subjects interviewed were aware that some ornamental domestic plants could be poisonous, 48.3% of them had at least one toxic plant at home. The majority of subjects interviewed (224 – 72,5%) would look for an emergency service of any hospital in case of an intoxication. No subjects mentioned Toxicological Information Center as a place to call in emergency. Two hundred twenty four (95,3%) subjects mentioned that any health professional had ever spoken to them about intoxication. From the total subjects studied, 76.4% had taken their children to pediatric consultation in the last three months. In regards to orientation for the prevention of poisoning at the pediatric outpatient clinic, from the 211 who had taken medical advice in the last three months, 93.4% had not received any information. Only 3 (1%) knew about ipeca syrup and 14 (4.5%) had already suffered from a poisoning episode. None of the parents were adequately informed about intoxication. Conclusions: Parents had little knowledge on prevention of exogenous intoxication and the majority of parents stored home cleaning products and medications in potentially dangerous places, and had poisonous plants at home. Health professionals were not giving preventive orientation to the families regarding exogenous intoxication. KEY WORDS: POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING/prevention and control; TOXICOLOGY/statistics & numerical data; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; CHILD. |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English]Situação sobre a prevenção de intoxicações exógenas em Ambulatório de Pediatria na década de 90Medidas preventivasAcidentes em pediatriaIntoxicaçõesAims: To evaluate the knowledge of parents of children from 0 to 7 years old who had an appointment at the outpatient clinic of Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS about prevention of exogenous poisoning at home environment, identifying if parents were receiving preventive orientation about intoxication during the consultation. Methods: Parents were selected and interviewed when they brought their children to the pediatric outpatient clinic appointment, previously scheduled, during the first semester of 1996. The method used for collecting data was systematic sampling, with interviews through a structured questionary. The data was processed with the Epi Info Program 6.0 and SPSS 7.5. For comparisons chi-square test and the Fisher’s exact test were used. Relative risk with the confidence intervals of 95% was also used. Results: A total of 309 families were interviewed, and in 175 (56.6%) the child was a boy. The median age of children was 13 months. Mean age of fathers and mothers were 30.2 years and 26.7 years, respectively. Most of the parents (53,3%) had incomplete elementary school. We have found that 184 (59.5%) of the interviewed subjects stored their home cleaning products in potentially dangerous places and 113 (36.6%) of them stored the drugs used by the family in unsafe places. Although 82,2% of the subjects interviewed were aware that some ornamental domestic plants could be poisonous, 48.3% of them had at least one toxic plant at home. The majority of subjects interviewed (224 – 72,5%) would look for an emergency service of any hospital in case of an intoxication. No subjects mentioned Toxicological Information Center as a place to call in emergency. Two hundred twenty four (95,3%) subjects mentioned that any health professional had ever spoken to them about intoxication. From the total subjects studied, 76.4% had taken their children to pediatric consultation in the last three months. In regards to orientation for the prevention of poisoning at the pediatric outpatient clinic, from the 211 who had taken medical advice in the last three months, 93.4% had not received any information. Only 3 (1%) knew about ipeca syrup and 14 (4.5%) had already suffered from a poisoning episode. None of the parents were adequately informed about intoxication. Conclusions: Parents had little knowledge on prevention of exogenous intoxication and the majority of parents stored home cleaning products and medications in potentially dangerous places, and had poisonous plants at home. Health professionals were not giving preventive orientation to the families regarding exogenous intoxication. KEY WORDS: POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING/prevention and control; TOXICOLOGY/statistics & numerical data; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; CHILD.Objetivos: avaliar o conhecimento dos pais de crianças de 0 a 7 anos, que consultaram no Ambulatório de Pediatria do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS, sobre prevenção de intoxicações exógenas no ambiente domiciliar, identificando se os pais estavam sendo orientados quanto à prevenção das intoxicações durante a consulta médica. Métodos: os pais foram selecionados e entrevistados quando traziam as crianças à consulta ambulatorial pediátrica, previamente agendada, durante o primeiro semestre de 1996. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizada amostragem aleatória sistemática, com realização de entrevista com questionário estruturado. Os dados foram processados com os programas Epi Info 6.0 e SPSS 7.5. Para as comparações, foram utilizados o teste qui-quadrado e o exato de Fisher. Foi calculado o risco relativo com intervalo de confiança de 95%. Resultados: foram entrevistadas 309 famílias, sendo que em 175 (56,6%) a criança era do sexo masculino. A mediana da idade das crianças foi de 13 meses. A idade média dos pais foi de 30,2 anos, e a das mães de 26,7 anos. A maioria (53,3%) dos pais e mães tinha primeiro grau incompleto. Verificou-se que 184 (59,5%) dos entrevistados armazenavam os produtos de limpeza doméstica e 113 (36,6%) os remédios de uso da família em locais potencialmente perigosos. Apesar de 82,2% dos entrevistados referirem saber que as plantas podem intoxicar, 48,3% possuíam pelo menos uma planta tóxica em sua casa. A maioria dos entrevistados 224 – 72,5%) recorreria à emergência de algum hospital no caso de uma intoxicação e nenhum fez referência ao Centro de Informações Toxicológicas. Duzentos e noventa e cinco (95,3%) entrevistados referiram que nenhum profissional da saúde havia conversado sobre intoxicações, sendo que 76,4% haviam levado seu filho à consulta pediátrica nos últimos três meses. Com relação às orientações sobre a prevenção das intoxicações no Ambulatório de Pediatria do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS, dos 211 que haviam consultado nos últimos três meses, 93,4% não haviam recebido qualquer orientação e apenas três (1%) conheciam xarope de ipeca. Quatorze crianças (4,5%) haviam sofrido um episódio de intoxicação exógena. Nenhum dos pais era adequadamente informado sobre intoxicações. Conclusões: os pais mostraram ter pouco conhecimento sobre intoxicações exógenas, a maioria armazenando os produtos de limpeza doméstica e medicamentos em locais potencialmente perigosos e possuindo plantas tóxicas em suas casas. Os profissionais de saúde não estavam fornecendo orientações preventivas às famílias quanto a intoxicações exógenas. DESCRITORES: CENTROS DE CONTROLE DE INTOXICAÇÕES; ENVENENAMENTO/prevenção e controle; TOXICOLOGIA/estatística e dados numéricos; AMBULATÓRIO HOSPITALAR; CRIANÇA.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2008-06-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionMedicina; Peditriaapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/article/view/2818Scientia Medica; Vol. 18 No. 2 (2008); 66-74Scientia Medica; v. 18 n. 2 (2008); 66-741980-61081806-5562reponame:Scientia Medica (Porto Alegre. 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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] Situação sobre a prevenção de intoxicações exógenas em Ambulatório de Pediatria na década de 90 |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] Salerno, Margareth Rodrigues Medidas preventivas Acidentes em pediatria Intoxicações |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Diagnosis of exogenous intoxication prevention in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic in the 1990’s [Abstract in English] |
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Salerno, Margareth Rodrigues |
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Salerno, Margareth Rodrigues Fiori, Renato Machado Stein, Airton Tetelbom |
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Fiori, Renato Machado Stein, Airton Tetelbom |
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Salerno, Margareth Rodrigues Fiori, Renato Machado Stein, Airton Tetelbom |
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Medidas preventivas Acidentes em pediatria Intoxicações |
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Medidas preventivas Acidentes em pediatria Intoxicações |
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Aims: To evaluate the knowledge of parents of children from 0 to 7 years old who had an appointment at the outpatient clinic of Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS about prevention of exogenous poisoning at home environment, identifying if parents were receiving preventive orientation about intoxication during the consultation. Methods: Parents were selected and interviewed when they brought their children to the pediatric outpatient clinic appointment, previously scheduled, during the first semester of 1996. The method used for collecting data was systematic sampling, with interviews through a structured questionary. The data was processed with the Epi Info Program 6.0 and SPSS 7.5. For comparisons chi-square test and the Fisher’s exact test were used. Relative risk with the confidence intervals of 95% was also used. Results: A total of 309 families were interviewed, and in 175 (56.6%) the child was a boy. The median age of children was 13 months. Mean age of fathers and mothers were 30.2 years and 26.7 years, respectively. Most of the parents (53,3%) had incomplete elementary school. We have found that 184 (59.5%) of the interviewed subjects stored their home cleaning products in potentially dangerous places and 113 (36.6%) of them stored the drugs used by the family in unsafe places. Although 82,2% of the subjects interviewed were aware that some ornamental domestic plants could be poisonous, 48.3% of them had at least one toxic plant at home. The majority of subjects interviewed (224 – 72,5%) would look for an emergency service of any hospital in case of an intoxication. No subjects mentioned Toxicological Information Center as a place to call in emergency. Two hundred twenty four (95,3%) subjects mentioned that any health professional had ever spoken to them about intoxication. From the total subjects studied, 76.4% had taken their children to pediatric consultation in the last three months. In regards to orientation for the prevention of poisoning at the pediatric outpatient clinic, from the 211 who had taken medical advice in the last three months, 93.4% had not received any information. Only 3 (1%) knew about ipeca syrup and 14 (4.5%) had already suffered from a poisoning episode. None of the parents were adequately informed about intoxication. Conclusions: Parents had little knowledge on prevention of exogenous intoxication and the majority of parents stored home cleaning products and medications in potentially dangerous places, and had poisonous plants at home. Health professionals were not giving preventive orientation to the families regarding exogenous intoxication. KEY WORDS: POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING/prevention and control; TOXICOLOGY/statistics & numerical data; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; CHILD. |
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