Table 6.
Parental management of pain.
| Question | Multiple Choice Answers | Total n = 464 |
Age of Youngest or Only Child 0–5 Years n = 175 (37.7%) |
Age of Youngest or Only Child 6–10 Years n = 175 (37.7%) |
Age of Youngest or Only Child 11–14 Years n = 114 (24.6%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Do you think that pain is educationally useful for the growth of your child and that, for this reason, he/she should learn to bear it? | No | 229 (49.35) | 97 (55.43) | 79 (45.14) | 53 (46.49) | 0.121 |
| Yes | 235 (50.65) | 78 (44.57) | 96 (54.86) | 61 (53.51) | ||
| Do you think it is possible to understand when even a young child is feeling pain and how great it is? | No | 140 (30.17) | 55 (31.43) | 50 (28.57) | 35 (30.7) | 0.848 |
| Yes | 324 (69.83) | 120 (68.57) | 125 (71.43) | 79 (69.3) | ||
| In the case of mild-moderate pain, what is your first-choice drug? | Paracetamol | 363 (78.23) | 136 (77.71) | 132 (75.43) | 95 (83.33) | 0.424 |
| Paracetamol + codeine | 2 (0.43) | 1 (0.57) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.88) | ||
| Ibuprofen | 47 (10.13) | 17 (9.71) | 23 (13.14) | 7 (6.14) | ||
| Sedative | 1 (0.22) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.57) | 0 (0) | ||
| Nothing | 51 (10.99) | 21 (12) | 19 (10.86) | 11 (9.65) |