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Concerns of Mothers in a Pediatric Clinic

1972; American Academy of Pediatrics; Volume: 50; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1542/peds.50.6.931

1098-4275

David Waller, Eugene E. Levitt,

Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Five hundred and fourteen mothers who brought their children to a pediatric clinic for either well baby or nonroutine visits were given a questionnaire asking "Reason for visit" and "What concerns you most about your child?" Questionnaires with both questions answered were submitted to independent raters for categorization of concerns. The majority of mothers in the nonroutine group expressed a concern that was not a repetition of the reason for visit. Usually the concern was specific and related to the reason for visit, but one of ten children was brought by a parent whose major concern about her child was specific and unrelated to her "chief complaint." A large proportion of mothers bringing their children for well baby visits expressed a specific concern about their babies.