Non-attendance at outpatient clinic appointments by children with cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine factors that influence non-attendance at outpatient clinics by children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Method

This was a retrospective cohort study of 1395 children with CP (59.6% male; born 2005 to 2017) identified from the New South Wales (NSW)/Australian Capital Territory CP Register, who had scheduled appointments at outpatient clinics at two NSW tertiary paediatric hospitals between 2012 and 2019. Associations between sociodemographic, clinical, and process-of-care factors and non-attendance were examined using multivariate logistic regression with generalized estimating equations.

Results

A total of 5773 (12%) of 50 121 scheduled outpatient days were not attended. Non-attendance increased over time (average increase 5.6% per year, 95% confidence inte

SUBMITTER: Paget SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature