Parental attitude toward unaccompanied clinic visits of adolescents
| Autor: | Jacob Urkin, Nurit Barak, Joav Merrick, Natalia Bilenko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Parents Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Common cold Mean age medicine.disease Religion Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Multicenter study Ambulatory care Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Structured interview Ambulatory Care Sore throat Humans Medicine Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 20 |
| ISSN: | 2191-0278 0334-0139 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/ijamh.2008.20.3.375 |
| Popis: | UNLABELLED: To describe parental attitudes regarding the age and the type of medical problems that are appropriate for adolescent unaccompanied visits to the clinic at an age younger than 18 years. METHODS: A structured interview was conducted with parents who visited two community clinics with their children. The questionnaire included: 1) At what age would you allow your child to visit the clinic alone? 2) What medical conditions are acceptable for unaccompanied visit at the age you stated (if lower than 18 years)? and 3) What medical conditions are not acceptable for unaccompanied visit at the age you stated (if lower than 18 years)? RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty three parents were interviewed. There was an agreement between parents from the two clinics regarding the mean age appropriate for an unaccompanied visit (mean 14.1 +/- 2.56 years for clinic A and 13.8 +/- 2.66 years for clinic B). Medical conditions most acceptable for unaccompanied visits were common cold (clinic A = 77.4%, clinic B = 70.5%), sore throat (A = 64.5%, B = 84.3%) and fever (A = 34.7%, B = 19.4%). Medical conditions most unacceptable for unaccompanied visit were: injury (clinic A = 68.5%, clinic B = 53.5%), fever (A = 37.1%, B = 42.6%) and severe illness (A = 19.4%, B=23.3%). CONCLUSIONS: most parents were willing to allow their adolescent children unaccompanied visits to the physician at an age below that stipulated by law. As unaccompanied visits are widely practiced and accepted by the public, it might be necessary to amend the law. |
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