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| One of the reasons I came to the PED today with my child is that... | M | SD |
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| I wished my child’s pain to be treated quickly | 7.52 | 3.32 |
| I was anxious for my child | 7.38 | 3.22 |
| I wanted quickly to have a diagnosis for my child | 7.21 | 3.44 |
| I wished my child no longer to suffer | 6.71 | 3.55 |
| I wished my child’s dizzy spells to be treated quickly | 6.65 | 3.74 |
| I wished my child to benefit from all available care | 6.60 | 3.44 |
| I wished my child to benefit from the best treatments available | 6.55 | 3.58 |
| ED has all kinds of medical equipment in place | 6.45 | 3.50 |
| I wanted quickly to get treatment for my child | 6.41 | 3.58 |
| I feared that my child’s illness was very severe | 6.37 | 3.41 |
| I was personally very anxious | 6.23 | 3.53 |
| My child’s health seemed to deteriorate | 5.96 | 3.67 |
| I was not able to put up with seeing my child suffering | 5.94 | 3.72 |
| The caregivers in this department are the most specialized | 5.88 | 3.51 |
| I wished to know more about my child’s illness | 5.69 | 3.91 |
| The caregivers in this department are the ones who are the most qualified | 5.47 | 3.63 |
| I wished to be personally reassured | 5.42 | 3.62 |
| My child was no longer able to put up with the suffering | 4.76 | 3.67 |
| My family physician told me to go to the ED | 4.60 | 4.14 |
| Something had to be done | 4.44 | 3.69 |
| I felt the situation had escaped my control | 4.14 | 3.49 |
| The usual treatment I gave to my child was not effective | 3.95 | 3.67 |
| The family physician was absent | 3.88 | 3.79 |
| I wished my child to have X-rays quickly | 3.87 | 3.70 |
| I wished my child to be reassured quickly | 3.86 | 3.51 |
| I was frightened by my child’s elevated fever | 3.77 | 3.55 |
| I did not want to let things go on forever as some other parents do | 3.46 | 3.35 |
| I wanted my child’s fever to be brought down | 3.44 | 3.37 |
| My child illness was going on forever | 3.41 | 3.46 |
| I wished my child’s fever to diminish | 3.21 | 3.30 |
| I was no longer able to put up with seeing my child with an elevated fever | 3.21 | 3.22 |
| I wanted to show that I am responsive to my child’s health status | 2.97 | 3.31 |
| The family physician did not respond when I called her | 2.94 | 3.31 |
| I wanted to have alternative advice about my child’s health | 2.82 | 3.07 |
| I feel myself partly responsible for my children’s bad health | 2.79 | 3.10 |
| Number 15 [the emergency service] told me to go to the ED | 2.78 | 3.32 |
| My partner was very concerned about our child’s bad health | 2.50 | 2.77 |
| I wished my child to be aware that I care about his/her health | 2.44 | 2.85 |
| My child was no longer able to put up with such an elevated fever | 2.37 | 2.71 |
| The family physician did not respond to my call and I was afraid my child was in need of surgery | 2.26 | 1.75 |
| I have no regular physician and the SAMU told me to go quickly to the PED | 2.23 | 2.19 |
| The PED is the closest medical facility to my home | 2.22 | 2.63 |
| I wanted my child to return to school quickly | 2.17 | 2.60 |
| I wished that nobody could say I neglected my child | 2.15 | 2.57 |
| I wanted my child to have some laboratory exams quickly | 2.09 | 2.39 |
| I was told that the PED has a good reputation | 2.06 | 2.45 |
| I wished my child not to be deprived of the outdoor activities he/she likes | 2.05 | 2.45 |
| I thought my child needed an operation quickly | 2.05 | 2.39 |
| It is what I always do | 1.94 | 2.31 |
| I considered that my child had not been correctly treated by our family physician | 1.93 | 2.23 |
| I wanted to be viewed as a good parent | 1.90 | 2.36 |
| I wanted my child to realize he/she was seriously ill | 1.86 | 2.30 |
| I considered that the family physician’s diagnosis was wrong | 1.85 | 2.07 |
| I wished my partner to be reassured quickly | 1.74 | 2.03 |
| I did not wish my child to be as severely ill as I had been in the past | 1.74 | 2.05 |
| I wished my child to have nothing to reproach me for in the future | 1.71 | 2.06 |
| I have no family physician | 1.69 | 2.02 |
| I wanted to prove to others that my child’s illness was serious | 1.68 | 1.94 |
| I have seen on TV the way PEDs work | 1.67 | 1.96 |
| I considered that the family physician had erred in his prescriptions | 1.61 | 1.68 |
| I just wanted to locate the ED in case I need to go there in the future | 1.45 | 1.65 |
| There is currently an epidemic and I wished to know my child’s health status | 1.41 | 1.57 |
| I wanted to prevent possible criticisms from the family | 1.40 | 1.56 |
| I did not have the money on hand for a regular office visit | 1.36 | 1.45 |
| It is what everybody does | 1.30 | 1.33 |
| My family physician told me she was wrong | 1.21 | 0.92 |
| I was very interested in seeing the way PED works | 1.19 | 1.03 |
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