Özet:

This research was conducted for the purpose of examining the safety precautions for domestic accidents by mothers with children aged 1-6 years to apply for child emergency services. The study was conducted with 390 mothers with children between the ages of 1 and 6 who presented to the pediatric emergency service. Data were collected by using an information form and the "Scale for identification of safety measures for preventing home accidents in 0-6 years age group children". It was found that the mean age of the mothers in the research was 31.73±5.88 (years). 40.5% of them were university graduates. It was determined that the mean age of the children in the study was 3.61±1.59 (years) and 50.5% of these children were male. It was determined that 46.9% of the children participating in the study experienced a home accident at least once. It was found that the children were exposed to home accidents most frequently as falling / slipping (51.3%) and burning / scalding (23.5%). The mean score of the mothers' scale for identification of safety measures for home accidents was 178.39±14.99. In the study, it was observed that the mean scale scores of the mothers under the age of 35, university graduate, employed, with a good income, with a nuclear family type, living in the province, and with only one child were significantly higher (p<0.05). As a result, İt was determined that mothers’ scale score averages for identification of safety measures for home accidents were high.

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