Attitudes of parents towards an urban paediatric fracture clinic

Adherence behavior in an acute pediatric hand trauma population: A pilot study of parental report of adherence levels and influencing factors

“…Non-attendance at medical appointments may be less of a problem than other aspects of adherence behaviour in pediatric populations, with two studies reporting approximately 91% [17] and 80% outpatient clinic attendance [10]. However consequences of delayed treatment progression as a result of non-attendance may have clinical implications in hand therapy rehabilitation [6].…”

“…Stable marital union of parents [10,18], perceived benefit of treatment [19], severity of injury [17], parental relationship with therapist [19], orthosis interference with daily activities [6,11,12,19], appearance of orthosis [9,19], transportation difficulties [10,18] and forgetfulness [10,18] have been identified.…”