Saelle Hendry
Minor illness and injury: factors influencing attendance at a paediatric accident and emergency department
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
baimsb gather information children minor illness injury presenting paediatric accident emergency aampe department decision making process leading attendance bmethodsb prospective questionnaire based survey 465 children selected systematic sampling aampe attenders allocated lowest triage category bresultsb study population statistically representative total population aampe attenders lower deprivation categories represented educational attainment childcare experience parental coping skills important relation aampe attendance children attended injury opposed illness significant demographic differences children presented directly aampe made prior contact gp half study population made contact general practitioner gp attending aampe majority children directly referred aampe point gps referred equivalent numbers children illness injury bconclusionsb parents gps view paediatric aampe departments appropriate place seek treatment children minor illness injury