Research Article
Why Do Parents Bring Their Children to the Emergency Department? A Systematic Inventory of Motives
Table 4
Correlations between motives, demographic characteristics, and severity indices.
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SQD = Seeking Quick Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reassurance, BP = PED as the Best Place, ECS = Empathic Concern for Child’s Suffering, CRP = Being Considered by Others as Responsible Parents, EF = External Factors, and DPC = Dissatisfaction with Previous Consultation. For ratings and ages (both continuous variables), classical Pearson correlations were computed; for ratings and the other, dichotomous variables, biserial correlations were computed. < .05. |