Hastanede yatan çocuklarda psikososyal semptomların bazı değişkenler açısından incelenmesi

Aim. The aim of the study is to evaluate the psychosocial symptoms by several variables in the hospitalized 6-12 years old children. Method. The sample of this descriptive study includes 360 children hospitalized in the Gaziantep Pediatric Hospital. Inclusion criteria: with an acute or chronic disease, without any psychiatric disease diagnosis, at least 3 days of hospitalization, willing to participate in the study, 6-12 years old children. “Personal Data Form” and “psychosocial symptoms identification scale in the hospitalized children” scales were used to collect the characteristics data of the patients. Data were evaluated by t test and Kruskal Wallis test. Results. The average age of the children was 8.8±2.0, 56.9% of the children were male, 62.2% of them hospitalized in two or more hospitals. The psychosocial symptoms were more common among the children: -having a poor family whose income is less than expenditure, -living in village,-not going school-having 2 brothers/sisters, having an urinary or endocrine disease, hospitalized for more than 15 days, having a psychiatric symptom history. Conclusion. In conclusion, it is important to pay more attention to the children especially: -having a psychiatric symptom history, -experiencing disease symptoms for a long period,-hospitalized in two or more hospitals, -living in a poor socioeconomic status. According to the study, we emphase that the hospitalized children should be evaluated in terms of their psychosocial status.

Özet

Amaç. Araştırma, bir çocuk hastanesinde yatan 6-12 yaş çocuklarda psikososyal semptomların incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem. Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu araştırmanın örneklemini, Gaziantep Çocuk Hastanesi’nde yatmakta olan, akut veya kronik bir hastalık tanısı almış ve herhangi bir psikiyatrik hastalık tanısı almamış, en az üç gündür hastanede yatan, çalışmaya katılmaya istekli, 6-12 yaş grubundaki 360 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında hastaların tanıtıcı özelliklerini belirleyen “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Hastanede Yatan Çocuklar İçin Psikososyal Semptomları Tanılama Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Veriler t testi ve Kruskal Wallis testle değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular. Yaş ortalaması 8,8±2,0 olan çocukların, %56,9’u erkek, %62,2’si iki ve daha fazla sayıda hastanede yatmıştır. Ailesinin geliri giderinden az olan, köyde yaşayan, okula gitmeyen, iki kardeşi olan, üriner sistem ve endokrin sistemle ilgili hastalığı olan, 15 günden daha fazla süredir hastanede yatan ve psikiyatrik belirti öyküsü olan çocuklarda psikososyal semptomların daha fazla görüldüğü belirlenmiştir. Sonuç. Sonuç olarak özellikle psikiyatrik semptom öyküsü olan, uzun süredir hastalık semptomları yaşayan, iki ve daha fazla hastaneye yatma öyküsü olan ve sosyoekonomik durumu yetersiz çocuklara dikkat edilmesinin önemine vurgu yapılmıştır. Çalışmamızda hastanede yatan çocukların psikososyal açıdan değerlendirilmelerinin gerekli olduğu vurgulanmıştır.

Anahtar sözcükler: Çocuk, hastaneye yatma, psikososyal sorunlar

 

Abstract

Aim. The aim of the study is to evaluate the psychosocial symptoms by several variables in the hospitalized 6-12 years old children. Method. The sample of this descriptive study includes 360 children hospitalized in the Gaziantep Pediatric Hospital. Inclusion criteria: with an acute or chronic disease, without any psychiatric disease diagnosis, at least 3 days of hospitalization, willing to participate in the study, 6-12 years old children. “Personal Data Form” and “psychosocial symptoms identification scale in the hospitalized children” scales were used to collect the characteristics data of the patients. Data were evaluated by t test and Kruskal Wallis test. Results. The average age of the children was 8.8±2.0, 56.9% of the children were male, 62.2% of them hospitalized in two or more hospitals. The psychosocial symptoms were more common among the children: -having a poor family whose income is less than expenditure, -living in village,-not going school-having 2 brothers/sisters, having an urinary or endocrine disease, hospitalized for more than 15 days, having a psychiatric symptom history. Conclusion. In conclusion, it is important to pay more attention to the children especially: -having a psychiatric symptom history, -experiencing disease symptoms for a long period,-hospitalized in two or more hospitals, -living in a poor socioeconomic status. According to the study, we emphase that the hospitalized children should be evaluated in terms of their psychosocial status.

Keywords: Child, hospitalization, psychosocial symptoms