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Parental Engagement of a Prototype Electronic Diary in an Ambulatory Setting Following Adenotonsillectomy in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Source :
- Children, Volume 8, Issue 7, Children, Vol 8, Iss 559, p 559 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Adenotonsillectomy is performed in children on an outpatient basis, and pain is managed by parents. A pain diary would facilitate pain management in the ambulatory setting. Our objective was to evaluate the parental response rate and the compliance of a prototype electronic pain diary (e-diary) with cloud storage in children aged 2–12 years recovering from adenotonsillectomy and to compare the e-diary with a paper diary (p-diary). Parents recorded pain scores twice daily in a pain diary for 2 weeks post-operation. Parents were given the choice of an e-diary or p-diary with picture message. A total of 208 patients were recruited, of which 35 parents (16.8%) chose the e-diary. Most parents (98%) chose to be contacted by text message. Eighty-one families (47%) returned p-diaries to us by mail. However, the response rate increased to 77% and was similar to that of the e-diary (80%) when we included data texted to the research phone from 53 families. The proportion of diaries with Complete (e-diary:0.37 vs. p-diary:0.4) and Incomplete (e-diary:0.43 vs. p-diary:0.38) data entries were similar. E-diaries provide a means to follow patients in real time after discharge. Our findings suggest that a smartphone-based medical health application coupled with a cloud would meet the needs of families and health care providers alike.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
adenotonsillectomy
020205 medical informatics
electronic pain diary
02 engineering and technology
Pediatrics
pain measurement
RJ1-570
Article
Electronic diary
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
children
Health care
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Medicine
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Prospective cohort study
Response rate (survey)
business.industry
Pain scale
Pain management
parent’s postoperative pain measure
Parental engagement
PPPM
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Ambulatory
Physical therapy
pain scale
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Children
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....69d0727640ba63463af7ba66f4442824
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070559