Associating school doctor interventions with the benefit of the health check: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of school doctor interventions conducted at routine general health checks remain insufficiently studied. This study explored the associations of school doctor interventions with the doctor-evaluated and parent-evaluated benefits of routine health checks.

Methods

Between August 2017 and August 2018, we recruited a random sample of 1341 children from grades 1 and 5 from 21 Finnish elementary schools in 4 municipalities. Doctors routinely examined all children, who were accompanied by parents. The doctor-reported interventions were categorised into six groups: instructions and/or significant discussions, prescriptions, laboratory tests and/or medical imaging, scheduling of follow-up appointments, referrals to other professionals and referrals to speciali

SUBMITTER: Nikander K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889353 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature