TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Behavioral support to parents through a cellular-phone website that provides the degree of urgency for medical attention of a child
JO  - Studies in health technology and informatics
A1  - Iwasawa, Mariko
A1  - Miyahara, Jyutaro
A1  - Noriaki, Terasawa
A1  - Nozue, Hiroki
A1  - Sumazaki, Ryo
SP  - 1115
EP  - 1115
VL  - 192
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0926-9630
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -