[Motivations of parents taking their children to the hospital in emergencies. Results of a psychosocial survey at the Regional University Hospital Center of Grenoble].

A psycho-social survey by questionnaire was conducted among parents accompanying their children to the Pediatric Emergency Ward of the Medical Center of Grenoble, in order to identify the motivations of those who do not seek a medical advice prior to their coming to the hospital. From this survey, several motivating factors were identified: an economical factor, the difficulty to rapidly call a physician, the place of residence, an insufficient knowledge of the medical services, the familiarity of parents with the hospital, the advice of relatives, the anxiety caused by the child's illness and the comforting image of the hospital. In a synthetic analysis, several types of parents are distinguished according to their behavior.