OBJECTIVE Patient portals may improve pediatric chronic disease outcomes, but few have been rigorously evaluated for usability by parents. Using scenario-based testing with think-aloud protocols, we evaluated the usability of portals for parents of children with cystic fibrosis, diabetes or arthritis. DESIGN Sixteen parents used a prototype and test data to complete 14 tasks followed by a valid...

The effects of work-to-family enrichment (WtoFE) have been examined on outcomes such as family and job satisfaction, with scarce research the potential WtoFE food domain. To fill in this gap, present study explored actor partner between WtoFE, perception atmosphere meals (AFM), satisfaction food-related life (SWFoL) different-sex dual-earner parents adolescent children using Actor-Partner Inter...

Three papers published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, “The Public Looks at Dental Care,”’ “Dentists and the Practice of Dentistry as Viewed by the Public,”’ and “What the Public Thinks of the Dentist and Dental Health,”3 indicate that public reaction to the practice of dental care is important to dental practitioners as well 1s dental researchers. An increasing amount of res...

INTRODUCTION A clinical audit of strabismus surgery in children in terms of functional and cosmetic outcomes helps improve the quality of services in pediatric ophthalmology. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of strabismus surgery and assess the satisfaction of the patients' parents with respect to the surgery outcome. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A study of an interventional series of cases that i...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the impact of parental satisfaction on childhood immunization and the mediating role of age-appropriate well-child care. DESIGN Secondary analyses of cohort data from the National Evaluation of Healthy Steps for Young Children. Data sources included an enrollment questionnaire, parent interview at 2 to 4 months, and medical records. SETTING Twenty-four pe...

Auditing patient satisfaction has become a keystone of quality patient centred healthcare. A plethora of patient satisfaction studies exist but only a few studies have been evaluated for their validity, reliability, specificity or psychometric properties. And the majority focus on adult health care. However, if validated tools are not utilised, then inaccurate results could stymie service impro...

BACKGROUND Little is known about factors contributing to children's asthma control status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The study objectives were to assess the relationship between asthma control and asthma-specific HRQoL in asthmatic children, and to examine the extent to which parental health literacy, perceived self-efficacy with patient-physician interaction, and satisfaction ...