Table 4.

Parental Response to Perceived Understanding and Confidence Survey Questions

	% Positive Response*	% Negative Response†
Understanding items
I know if/when to call my physician regarding my child’s medications	95.4	4.6
I understand what to do if my child misses a dose of a medication	90.1	9.9
I am satisfied with the explanations I was given regarding my child’s medications	88.9	11.1
I understand what to do if my child experiences a side effect to a medication	83.2	16.8
I understand the possible side effects of my child’s medications	81.2	18.8
Confidence items
I am confident in my abilities to accurately measure liquid medications	98.7	1.3
I am confident in my abilities to correctly administer all of the medications my child is taking	97.4	2.6
I am confident I understand why my child was prescribed each of the medications	95.5	4.5
I am confident in administering partial tablets or crushed tablets to my child	92.9	7.1
If my provider said it was possible, I would be willing to stop 1 or more of the regular medications my child is taking	86.5	13.5
I feel confident that the number of medications my child is taking is needed	86.5	13.5

^* Strongly Agree or Agree.

^† Neutral, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree.