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dc.contributor.author | House, Darlene R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheptinga, Philip | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rusyniak, Daniel E. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-06T08:24:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-06T08:24:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://peerj.com/articles/790.pdf | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3372 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective. Mobile phones have been successfully used for Emergency Department (ED) patient follow-up in developed countries. Mobile phones are widely available in developing countries and may o ff er a similar potential for follow-up and continued care of ED patients in low and middle-income countries. The goal of this study was to determine the percentage of families with mobile phones presenting to a pediatric ED in western Kenya and rate of response to a follow-up phone call after discharge. Methods. A prospective, cross-sectional observational study of children presenting to the emergency department of a government referral hospital in Eldoret, Kenya was performed. Documentation of mobile phone access, including phone number, was recorded. If families had access, consent was obtained and families were contacted 7 days after discharge for follow-up. Results. Of 788 families, 704 (89.3%) had mobile phone access. Of those families discharged from the ED, successful follow-up was made in 83.6% of cases. Conclusions. Mobile phones are an available technology for follow-up of patients discharged from a pediatric emergency department in resource-limited western Kenya. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | peerJ | en_US |
dc.subject | Mobile phones | en_US |
dc.subject | Pediatric | en_US |
dc.title | Availability of mobile phones for discharge follow-up of pediatric Emergency Department patients in western Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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