Shortcomings in psychosocial history taking in a paediatric emergency department
| Autor: | Sullivan Al, Jon Jureidini, Green J |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Referral Psychosocial Deprivation Pediatrics Documentation medicine Humans Medical history Medical History Taking Psychiatry Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry Public health Australia Infant Emergency department Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Case note Emergency Service Hospital business Psychosocial Stress Psychological Paediatric emergency |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 34:188-191 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1754 1034-4810 |
| Popis: | Objective: To assess the quality of documentation of the psychosocial history taken from parents who repeatedly bring their infants and young children to an emergency department. Methodology: We prepared a list of 26 psychosocial items, indicated by the literature to be important elements of a history taken in this setting. We then reviewed subjects’ casenotes, and compared each history to this ideal list. Participants/Setting: Case note review of 104 children under 2 years who had presented to a paediatric emergency department at least five times in 1 year. Results: Documentation of psychosocial history for these subjects was very poor, with a mean of only 5 of the 26 possible psychosocial items mentioned per set of casenotes. The majority of records lacked important information, including basic demographic data. Conclusions: We canvass possible reasons for poor psychosocial history taking, and argue for changes in medical education, the development of techniques to efficiently identify at risk children and families, and improved resources for referral. |
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