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Why Do Parents Bring Their Children to the Emergency Department? A Systematic Inventory of Motives

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Parents frequently bring their children to general or pediatric emergency departments (EDs), even though many of these visits are judged by others to be "nonurgent" and inappropriate. This study examined the motives behind parents' decisions to take their children to a pediatric emergency department (PED). At a PED in Toulouse, France, 497 parents rated their level of agreement with each of 69 possible motives-representing all categories of human motivation-for coming to the PED that day. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses found evidence for six separable motives, called (in order of importance) (a) Seeking Quick Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reassurance; (b) PED as the Best Place to Go; (c) Empathic Concern for Child's Suffering; (d) Being Considered by Others as Responsible Parents; (e) External Factors; and (f) Dissatisfaction with Previous Consultation. Conclusions. Parents' motives in bringing their children to the PED are primarily serious and goal-oriented. They are also often emotion based, as would be expected in parents of ill children. The parents would be unlikely to agree that these visits were inappropriate.
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hal-02048159 , version 1 (25-02-2019)

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Anne Costet Wong, Isabelle Claudet, Paul Sorum, Etienne Mullet. Why Do Parents Bring Their Children to the Emergency Department? A Systematic Inventory of Motives. International Journal of Family Medicine, 2015, 2015, pp.978412. ⟨10.1155/2015/978412⟩. ⟨hal-02048159⟩

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