Health problems managed at the programmed pediatric consultation of a health center
Marco Catalán, P.; Sánchez de Dios, M.; Díez Sáinz, J.; Machín Valtueña, M.; Arbesu Fernández, E.
Atencion Primaria 14(1): 559-561
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-6567 PMID: 7918963 Document Number: 436234
To assess the scheduled Paediatrics programme through the health problems cared for and the characteristics of care, evolution and follow-up. Descriptive study of a crossover type. Two Paediatrics clinics in the "Soria Norte" Health Centre. A non-probabilistic consecutive sample of 143 children under 10 during 1992. Average age was 3.69 +/- 2.97 years old. The commonest diagnostic groups were: Groups XVI (26.9%), III (18%), IX (9.6%), V and X (both 8.4%). 83% of the children were not following a procedure, 23% were being monitored by a specialist at the same time and 8% were referred. 36% of those with problems were following a treatment and 51% evolved for the better. The commonest problems are those which are badly defined and endocrine-metabolic ones. The problems where procedures were observed and the patients who followed through some treatment both made up low percentages. It is therefore important both to watch out for problems and to follow procedures more strictly.