Families Knowledge Level About Shaken Baby Syndrome

Aim: Shaken Baby Syndrome can lead to brain damage such as delayed psychomotor development, learning, speech difficulties, physical and mental impairments. The purpose of our work is to measure knowledge about the shaken baby syndrome. Material and Methods: he study included 170 female and 16 male parents between January-March 2016. The level of knowledge about parents' methods of soothing babies and shaken infant syndrome was evaluated by a questionnaire with 32 questions. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was 85% for the reliability analysis for the questions, except for the nominal questions of the questionnaire used. Results: 8.6% (n = 16) of the study were performed with father, 91.4% with mother (n = 170) in total 186 cases. The rate of parents having knowledge of the shaken baby syndrome was determined to be 16%. 87.6% of the respondents answered yes to the question "Is there any harm in shaking the babies?", There was a statistically significant difference (p = 0,019) in the question "Is the education of the mother shaking the baby and the baby having any harm?" When comparing the educational status of the mother with the situation of the baby not standing, the difference was significant (p = 0.001). Parents with male and female babies were found to be significantly different for the same comparison (p = 0.045). Discussion and Conclusion: The parents' knowledge of the shaken baby syndrome and the methods of shooting on babies was found to be inadequate. Education about the shaken baby syndrome and methods of shooting babies has found significant consequences for the prevention of shaken baby syndrome