Parental characteristics and perspectives pertaining to neonatal visits to the emergency department: a multicentre survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents take neonates to the emergency department for many reasons, often nonurgent, pressuring an already burdened system. We aimed to characterize these visits and families to identify potential strategies to decrease neonatal emergency department visits.

Methods

We developed and implemented a survey that explored characteristics of neonates and parents/guardians evaluated in the emergency department, perspectives of parents and use of health care services. Parents presenting with a neonate to the emergency department in 5 large academic hospitals in Ontario were surveyed between December 2013 and June 2015. We used descriptive statistics to report survey data and explored correlations between factors.

Results

A total of 1533 surveys were completed. The m

SUBMITTER: Harrold J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182114 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature