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Care of suspected long bone fractures in the emergency department: Families' perspectives and priorities by Nathalie Gaucher; Evelyne D. Trottier; Zainab Ridha; Francois Simard; Brenda Duran; Celine Pinard; Guylaine Larose; Michael Arsenault; Antonio D'Angelo; Annie Janvier is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Objective Despite growing interests in patient-reported outcomes, youth and families are rarely involved in designing quality improvement measures. Few quality indicators exist for the care of children with injuries in the Emergency Department (ED) and extremity fractures are among the most common injuries in children. This study's aim was to identify both parents' and youth's perspectives about ED care in the context of a suspected long-bone fracture. Methods Youth (10–18 years old) and their parents were surveyed prospectively during their ED visit. Participants were asked: 1) to identify their main concerns, 2) to identify quality measures that were most important to them, and 3) to evaluate the ED care they received. Descriptive analyses present participants' responses. Continuous data was analyzed using a Student t-test and categorical data using a Chi-square test. Results Over 15 months, 350 families met eligibility criteria and were approached to participate, of which 300 participants consented and 249 surveys were completed (71% response rate): 148 parents and 101 youth (median age: 12) completed their respective surveys. Participants placed a high importance on several the

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Author

Nathalie Gaucher; Evelyne D. Trottier; Zainab Ridha; Francois Simard; Brenda Duran; Celine Pinard; Guylaine Larose; Michael Arsenault; Antonio D'Angelo; Annie Janvier

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)