Parents' attitudes toward performance of lumbar puncture on their children

Mehtap Tan; Hüseyin Tan; Mustafa Büyükavci; Cahit Karakelleoglu

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.11.024

Parents' attitudes toward performance of lumbar puncture on their children

J Pediatr. 2004 Mar;144(3):400-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.11.024.

Authors

Mehtap Tan¹, Hüseyin Tan, Mustafa Büyükavci, Cahit Karakelleoglu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Nursing, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. mtan@atauni.edu.tr

PMID: 15001957
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.11.024

Abstract

We studied the attitudes of 87 parents who had the choice to watch their children's single or multiple lumbar punctures (LPs). Anxiety scores were moderate, higher before LP than after, and were unaffected by the number or observation. Parents who observed the LP wished doing likewise in the future.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety
Attitude*
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Parents / psychology*
Spinal Puncture*