Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine
Background In our country, a considerable number of athletes are under the age of 18, and concerns regarding their physical, psychosocial, and athletic development are increasingly prominent. In the US, Pediatric Sports Medicine (PSM) , which has yet to be established in Turkey and many European cou...
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| author | Abdullah Akkuş Hüseyin Aslan Nefise Betül Ercan Betül Cığal Mehtap Yücel Ahmet Osman Kılıç Abdullah Yazar Fatih Akın |
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| description | Background In our country, a considerable number of athletes are under the age of 18, and concerns regarding their physical, psychosocial, and athletic development are increasingly prominent. In the US, Pediatric Sports Medicine (PSM) , which has yet to be established in Turkey and many European countries, deals with the care and monitoring of young athletes. This study aimed to explore the challenges pediatricians face during preparticipation evaluation (PPE) of young athletes, the difficulties encountered in managing this specific population, and their perspectives on how the establishment of a PSM division could contribute, particularly in addressing legal responsibilities.Materials and methods An online questionnaire was comprised of 12 questions, which addressed participants’ personal and professional features, as well as which specialties pediatric athletes were mostly referred, types of sports of pediatric athletes, challenges experienced with the athlete and his/her parents during PPE, their awareness on PSM fellowship abroad, and their opinions on interests of PSM and establishment of PSM in our country.Results A total of 360 pediatricians were recruited. Of the participants, 89.7% reported challenges with parents due to requesting immediate issuance of reports and 52.2% due to requesting reports without the child being present. Of the participants, 69.2% had never heard about PSM. Of the participants, 83.3% stated that establishment of PSM in Turkey would definitely make contribution, and 73.9% stated that PSM should definitely be established.Conclusions Awareness of PSM is low among pediatricians. The establishment of PSM in Turkey is widely supported and considered to be beneficial. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8b5f088a41443c99ec78a0fb4b115c42025-08-20T02:41:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Medicine0785-38901365-20602025-12-0157110.1080/07853890.2025.2537919Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicineAbdullah Akkuş0Hüseyin Aslan1Nefise Betül Ercan2Betül Cığal3Mehtap Yücel4Ahmet Osman Kılıç5Abdullah Yazar6Fatih Akın7Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Selçuk University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Family Medicine, Konya Provincial Directorate of Health, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Public Health, Bilecik Public Health Center, Bilecik, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyBackground In our country, a considerable number of athletes are under the age of 18, and concerns regarding their physical, psychosocial, and athletic development are increasingly prominent. In the US, Pediatric Sports Medicine (PSM) , which has yet to be established in Turkey and many European countries, deals with the care and monitoring of young athletes. This study aimed to explore the challenges pediatricians face during preparticipation evaluation (PPE) of young athletes, the difficulties encountered in managing this specific population, and their perspectives on how the establishment of a PSM division could contribute, particularly in addressing legal responsibilities.Materials and methods An online questionnaire was comprised of 12 questions, which addressed participants’ personal and professional features, as well as which specialties pediatric athletes were mostly referred, types of sports of pediatric athletes, challenges experienced with the athlete and his/her parents during PPE, their awareness on PSM fellowship abroad, and their opinions on interests of PSM and establishment of PSM in our country.Results A total of 360 pediatricians were recruited. Of the participants, 89.7% reported challenges with parents due to requesting immediate issuance of reports and 52.2% due to requesting reports without the child being present. Of the participants, 69.2% had never heard about PSM. Of the participants, 83.3% stated that establishment of PSM in Turkey would definitely make contribution, and 73.9% stated that PSM should definitely be established.Conclusions Awareness of PSM is low among pediatricians. The establishment of PSM in Turkey is widely supported and considered to be beneficial.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2025.2537919Pediatric athletepediatric sports medicinepediatricianpreparticipation evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah Akkuş Hüseyin Aslan Nefise Betül Ercan Betül Cığal Mehtap Yücel Ahmet Osman Kılıç Abdullah Yazar Fatih Akın Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine Annals of Medicine Pediatric athlete pediatric sports medicine pediatrician preparticipation evaluation |
| title | Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| title_full | Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| title_fullStr | Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| title_short | Challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes: awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| title_sort | challenges confronted by pediatricians in managing pediatric athletes awareness on pediatric sports medicine |
| topic | Pediatric athlete pediatric sports medicine pediatrician preparticipation evaluation |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2025.2537919 |
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