Table 4.
Correlations between motives, demographic characteristics, and severity indices.
| Characteristics | Motives | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQD | BP | ECS | CRP | EF | DPC | |
| Gender | −.09 | −.08 | −.02 | −.24∗ | .09 | .05 |
| Child's age | −.06 | −.02 | .03 | −.09 | .24∗ | .05 |
| Mother's age | −.14 | −.13 | −.11 | −.22∗ | .12 | .04 |
| Father's age | −.09 | −.22∗ | −.08 | −.07 | .11 | .03 |
| Siblings | −.20∗ | −.05 | −.21∗ | .05 | .26∗ | .14 |
| Level of education | −17 | −.05 | −.09 | −.19∗ | −.10 | −.04 |
| Number of previous consultations | .01 | .05 | −.03 | .12 | −.03 | −.00 |
| Number of parents' ER visits in total | −.03 | .04 | −.03 | .21∗ | .09 | .01 |
| Complete documentation | .15 | .13 | .08 | −.00 | −.17 | −.02 |
| Time since first symptoms | .13 | .08 | .18 | −.04 | −.31∗ | .04 |
| Level of severity | −.06 | −.05 | −.01 | −.21∗ | .10 | .18 |
| Subsequent hospitalization | .09 | .06 | .14 | −.15 | −.17 | −.18 |
SQD = Seeking Quick Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reassurance, BP = PED as the Best Place, ECS = Empathic Concern for Child's Suffering, CRP = Being Considered by Others as Responsible Parents, EF = External Factors, and DPC = Dissatisfaction with Previous Consultation.
For ratings and ages (both continuous variables), classical Pearson correlations were computed; for ratings and the other, dichotomous variables, biserial correlations were computed.
∗ p < .05.