Prevalence and influencing factors of medical disputes in the field of neonatology: a cross-sectional survey in the mainland of China.

ABSTRACT: Neonatal pediatricians are facing relatively high risk of medical disputes since higher risk of mortality during the neonatal period caused by the increased number of premature births worldwide. However, there is little knowledge about the current status and distribution of medical disputes in Chinese neonatology. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the prevalence, potential causes, and associated risk factors of medical disputes in neonatology in the mainland of China. The statistical analysis was done by SPSS, including Chi-square test and independent samples t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and binary logistic regression analysis. Among the 12,118 participated neonatal pediatricians, 9,013 (74.4%) experienced medical disputes, and about 96% neonatal pediatricians ol

SUBMITTER: Jiang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12630746 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature