Hastanede yatan çocuklarda psikososyal semptomlarin bazi değişkenler açisindan incelenmesi Evaluation of the psychosocial symptoms by several variables in the hospitalized children

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.