Table 2.

Distribution of the mean scores of parental responses (n=381).

Factors that could have led to the parents’ decision to come to the ED	Mean (SD)
1. My child’s health has never been as bad as now	3.02 (1.26)
2. We arrived because of the necessity of tests to determine the causes of my child’s disease	4.35 (1.0)
3. I am aware about similar symptoms to another child who was very ill	3.14 (1.34)
4. I know that I acted correctly, but I still want to check whether or not	4.01 (1.07)
5. I have to take special care of my child when he or she gets sick or gets trauma, because he/she has poorer health than his/her peers	2.61 (1.5)
6. The hospital ED only can provide my child with required aid	3.87 (1.16)
7. The person whom I trust advised me to bring my child to the hospital ED	3.49 (1.53)
8. I learned important information through the media, which led me to apply to the ED for my child’s health check-up	2.5 (1.37)
9. Medicines and medical aid, which my child got at home, did not help	3.5 (1.28)
10. The hospital ED is the best place where I can take my child to	4.33 (0.92)
Total	3.38 (0.67)