In:
Clinical Pediatrics, SAGE Publications, Vol. 34, No. 1 ( 1995-01), p. 25-31
Abstract:
This study sought to determine the extent of anxiety and misperceptions about heart murmurs for consenting parents of 182 children referred for first-time pediatric cardiology assessment (including echocardiography) of a heart murmur. From questionnaires completed before assessment, 22% of parents indicated that they were extremely concerned, and only 16% could define a heart murmur as a sound made by the heart. From 1-month follow-up questionnaires obtained from parents of children without heart disease at assessment, 10% continued to believe that their child had a heart problem. Cardiology assessment may not provide complete reassurance to all families and additional interventions may be necessary.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-9228
,
1938-2707
DOI:
10.1177/000992289503400105
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1995
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2066146-0
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