Availability of mobile phones for discharge follow-up of pediatric Emergency Department patients in western Kenya
dc.contributor.author | House, Darlene R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheptinga, Philip | |
dc.contributor.author | Rusyniak, Daniel E. | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Emergency Medicine, IU School of Medicine | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-21T19:12:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-21T19:12:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03 | |
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 offer 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.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | House, D. R., Cheptinga, P., & Rusyniak, D. E. (2015). Availability of mobile phones for discharge follow-up of pediatric Emergency Department patients in western Kenya. PeerJ, 3, e790. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/6440 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | PeerJ | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.7717/peerj.790 | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | PeerJ | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | |
dc.source | Publisher | en_US |
dc.subject | emergency medicine | en_US |
dc.subject | pediatrics | en_US |
dc.subject | mobile phones | en_US |
dc.subject | Kenya | 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 |