Table 3 Parameters influencing parental concern and the change in the level of parental concern (univariate analysis)
From: Parental reassurance concerning a feverish child: determinant factors in rural general practice
Parameters | parental concern before consultation | change in the level of parental concern | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
concern score (CS) (mean, standard deviation) | p | Reduction of concern score (CS) | p | ||
> 50% subjects n (%) | < 50% subjects n (%) | ||||
Medical antecedents of the child | 0.215 | 0.990 | |||
• yes | 5.12 ± 2.1 | 25 (31.6) | 20 (31.7) | ||
• no | 4.63 ± 2.2 | 54 (68.4) | 43 (68.3) | ||
Only child | 0.159 | 0.379 | |||
• yes | 5.08 ± 2.3 | 31 (30.1) | 29 (36.3) | ||
• no | 4.61 ± 2.1 | 72 (69.9) | 51 (63.8) | ||
Socio-professional category of the accompanying parent | 0.435 | 0.222 | |||
• artisan, merchant, business leader | 4.96 ± 2.1 | 3 (2.9) | 8 (10.5) | ||
• manager, intellectual profession | 5.41 ± 2.2 | 5 (4.9) | 6 (7.9) | ||
• white collar worker | 4.39 ± 2.2 | 28 (27.5) | 18 (23.7) | ||
• employee | 4.66 ± 2.3 | 29 (28.4) | 25 (32.9) | ||
• laborer | 5.50 ± 2.3 | 10 (9.8) | 6 (7.9) | ||
• no employment | 4.86 ± 1.9 | 27 (26.5) | 13 (17.1) | ||
Complications of fever: parental knowledge | 0.013 | 0.049 | |||
• adequate | 4.50 ± 2.1 | 44 (42.7) | 27 (33.8) | ||
• intermediate (at least one correct response) | 4.77 ± 2.3 | 18 (17.5) | 8 (10.0) | ||
• erroneous (no correct response) | 5.98 ± 1.9 | 9 (8.7) | 17 (21.3) | ||
• no knowledge | 4.56 ± 2.1 | 32 (31.1) | 28 (35.0) | ||
The difference between the actual consultation date and that preferred by the parents | 0.0002 | 0.896 | |||
• more than 0.5 days before | 3.45 ± 2.2 | 10 (12.7) | 8 (11.8) | ||
• between 0.5 days before and 0.5 days after | 4.83 ± 2.1 | 54 (68.4) | 45 (66.2) | ||
• more than 0.5 days after | 5.77 ± 1.8 | 15 (19.0) | 15 (22.1) | ||