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Experiences of Precocious Puberty in Primary School Girls with Hormone Therapeutics

호르몬 치료를 받은 초등학교 여아의 성조숙증 경험

  • Cheon, Soon-Mi (Department of Nursing, Changshin University) ;
  • Jung, Hye-Young (Department of Infection control, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
  • 천순미 (창신대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 정혜영 (동남권원자력의학원 감염관리실)
  • Received : 2019.08.19
  • Accepted : 2019.11.05
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the nature of precocious puberty and to explore what it means in primary schools. Methods: The participants of this phenomenological study were nine primary school girls who were diagnosed with precocious puberty and experienced hormone therapeutics, applying a convenience sampling method. Data were collected from July 2017 to January 2018 through individual in-depth interviews of the participants, including gestures, facial expressions and nonverbal means. The data analysis followed the method of Giorgi. Results: The study identified 37 concepts, 12 clusters, and five themes from experiences of precocious puberty. The essential five themes were as follows: 'ashamed and concealing experience', 'there is no therapeutics option', 'difficulties in the process of therapeutics', 'difficulties in daily life', and 'ambivalence toward therapeutics'. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate physical, psychological and social difficulties faced by girls with precocious puberty. Based on this results of the study, it is necessary to develop nursing intervention programs focusing on healthy growth and development for children with precocious puberty.

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