Presence of parents in the emergency room during invasive procedures: do they prefer to be present?

• Published in: Anales de pediatría (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 230 - 234
• Main Authors: Pérez Alonso, V, Gómez Sáez, F, González-Granado, L I, Rojo Conejo, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.03.2009
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Consumer Behavior; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parents; Pediatrics; Young Adult

Parents are not usually present during procedures in the paediatric emergency room (ER), although an increasing number of them would like to. Our goal was to find out how parents felt about them being present in ER during procedures. This is an observational study. Questionnaires were distributed am...