BACKGROUND: We studied the relationship between @entity1 's and parents' sociodemographic and personality characteristics and parents' perceptions of their @entity1 's @entity158 . METHODS: One-hundred-ten parents of @entity1 undergoing surgery completed measures of @entity158 perception (e.g., Medication Attitude Questionnaire; MAQ) and parent and @entity1 personality characteristics (e.g., @entity663 , Extraversion and Openness to experience Five-Factor Inventory; NEO-FFI). Factor analysis and logistic regression models were developed. RESULTS: In terms of @entity158 medication perceptions (MAQ), descriptive analysis showed that more than 70% of parents feared side effects of @entity1337 , 43% thought analgesics were addictive, and 37% thought that the less often @entity1 receive @entity1337 , the better it worked. Factor analyses of the MAQ revealed a three factor solution explaining 52% of the variance in parental @entity158 medication perceptions. Conceptually, these factors represented Appropriate Use Attitude of Analgesics, Concerns about Side Effects, and Avoidance of @entity1337 . Stepwise regression models were used to identify predictors of parents' scores on each of the three factors. Results indicated that less educated parents and parents of more sociable and more reactive @entity1 were more likely to indicate that they would avoid giving @entity1337 (Avoidance factor; P < 0.001). Parents with higher conscientiousness scores (NEO-FFI) and those with more impulsive @entity1 were more likely to perceive that @entity1337 was appropriate to use for @entity1 @entity158 (Appropriate Use Attitude factor; P < 0.001). DISCUSSION: We conclude that many parents have misconceptions of @entity158 and analgesics, and that @entity1 and parent personality characteristics can be used to identify parents at risk of these misconceptions.

Exploring sociodemographic and personality characteristic predictors of parental XXXX perceptions.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'child'] @entity1337 :: ('MESH:D000699', 'Disease') :: ['analgesia', 'Analgesia'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity663 :: ('MESH:C564323', 'Disease') :: ['Neuroticism']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['pain']
