Minor illness and injury: factors influencing attendance at a paediatric accident and emergency department.
Arch Dis Child
; 90(6): 629-33, 2005 Jun.
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AIMS: To gather information on children with minor illness or injury presenting to a paediatric accident and emergency (A&E) department and the decision making process leading to their attendance. METHODS: Prospective questionnaire based survey of 465 children selected by systematic sampling from A&E attenders allocated to the lowest triage category. RESULTS: The study population was statistically representative of the total population of A&E attenders. The lower deprivation categories were over represented. Educational attainment, childcare experience, and parental coping skills were important in relation to A&E attendance. More children attended with injury as opposed to illness. There were no significant demographic differences between those children who presented directly to A&E and those who made prior contact with a GP. Just under half the study population had made contact with a general practitioner (GP) before attending A&E. The majority of those children were directly referred to A&E at that point. GPs referred equivalent numbers of children with illness and injury. CONCLUSIONS: Parents and GPs view paediatric A&E departments as an appropriate place to seek treatment for children with minor illness or injury.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aceptación de la Atención de Salud
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido