Parental Views on the Non-Operative Management of Simple Appendicitis in Children: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey

Autor:	B Roddis, M Sivasubramaniam, Maurizio Pacilli, Nicholas Ensor, K Mayakaduwage, Kirby R. Qin, Ramesh Nataraja
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cross-sectional study Vascular surgery medicine.disease Appendicitis Likert scale Clinical research Internal medicine Mann–Whitney U test Medicine Outpatient clinic Surgery business Abdominal surgery
Zdroj:	World Journal of Surgery. 46:274-287
ISSN:	1432-2323 0364-2313
Popis:	To determine parental attitudes for the non-operative management of simple appendicitis and determine willingness to participate in research evaluating different management options. Voluntary cross-sectional survey of parents/guardians presenting to paediatric outpatient department. Likert scale of 0–10 (strongly disagree–strongly agree) was utilised, analysis by individual question responses. Results are presented as medians [IQR], paired t test, the Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis test analysis as appropriate. A p value of
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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