@article{ref1,
title="Behavioral support to parents through a cellular-phone website that provides the degree of urgency for medical attention of a child",
journal="Studies in health technology and informatics",
year="2013",
author="Iwasawa, Mariko and Miyahara, Jyutaro and Noriaki, Terasawa and Nozue, Hiroki and Sumazaki, Ryo",
volume="192",
number="",
pages="1115-1115",
abstract="When a child suddenly falls ill, the child's family assesses if medical attention is required immediately. However, even in case of minor illnesses, it is not possible to approach a medical institution after consultation hours, and the burden on doctors from overtime-emergency medical examinations becomes a social problem. This study proposes the use of a cellular-phone website that provides information about the degree of urgency for medical attention to parents, who can choose the child's symptoms on the cellular-phone website regardless of the time or place. Therefore, through this study, parents experimentally evaluated the cellular-phone website; also, the effectiveness of this method as a behavioral support for parents was also evaluated. When an advice about the degree of urgency for a child's treatment was taken from the cellular-phone website, the parents felt relieved. Thus, the distress faced by pediatricians may change completely.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0926-9630",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}