1. Parental awareness of testicular torsion amongst Irish parents
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Frank T D'Arcy, Ivor M. Cullen, Catherine Dowling, Jody Khan, Claudiu Cozman, R.A. Keenan, and Lee Chien Yap
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Male ,Parents ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Referral ,Urology ,Population ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Pain ,Testicular pain ,Testicular Diseases ,Time-to-Treatment ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Testicular torsion ,Spermatic Cord Torsion ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,education ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Multivariate Analysis ,Health education ,medicine.symptom ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,business ,Ireland - Abstract
Testicular torsion is the most concerning underlying cause of acute scrotal pain that can lead to loss of the affected testicle. Whether a torted testicle can be salvaged surgically is directly affected by prompt presentation and diagnosis. This study aims to evaluate the awareness of testicular torsion amongst Irish parents and evaluate their response to a potential torsion. An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to parents attending general paediatric clinics and an acute paediatric unit in two paediatric tertiary referral centres. SPSS statistical analysis software was used to perform multivariant analysis of the data. There were 242 completed surveys. Fifty-six percent of responders had an awareness of torsion. In the event of an episode of severe testicular pain parents who were aware of testicular torsion were 4 times more likely to present immediately than those who had no awareness of torsion (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.4–12.2, P
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- 2018
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