From the Department of Orthopedics, Riverside University Health Systems, Moreno Valley, CA (Dr. Basso-Williams and Dr. Schlechter); the Department of Orthopedics, Children's Hospital Orange County (Ms. Fletcher, Ms. Gornick, and Dr. Schlechter), the Pediatric Orthopedic Specialists of Orange County (Ms. Fletcher,Ms. Gornick, and Dr. Schlechter), Orange, CA; and the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (Mr. Kwan).
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Jul;4(7):e2000105. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00105.
There is a growing need to improve patient education for nonsurgical fracture care in children. A Quick Response (QR) code was used as an alternative method to provide cast care instructions in our outpatient fracture clinic. We evaluated satisfaction and examined the convenience and impact this might have on the child's casting experience.
A prospective study was conducted in which QR codes were embedded in the casting of nonsurgical pediatric fractures in 88 children. The number of times the QR code was scanned, who scanned the code, treatment satisfaction, cast-related issues, and whether scan helped prevent a call to the treating physician were recorded.
Google Analytics showed the QR code was scanned an average of 1.6 times by 60 participants with most scans done by a parent (65%). Seventy-nine participants (89.9%) found it useful to have the QR code on their cast, and 65 (73.9%) were "very satisfied" with the convenience of the QR code and 37 stated that the information they found kept them from contacting the physician.
We demonstrated that the use of QR codes for nonsurgical pediatric fracture care has a high level of satisfaction and may reduce calls to the treating physician.
需要提高儿童非手术骨折护理的患者教育水平。我们在门诊骨折诊所使用快速响应 (QR) 码作为替代方法来提供石膏护理说明。我们评估了满意度，并研究了这种方法对儿童打石膏体验的便利性和影响。
我们进行了一项前瞻性研究，将 QR 码嵌入 88 例非手术儿童骨折的石膏中。记录 QR 码被扫描的次数、扫描者、治疗满意度、与石膏相关的问题、扫描是否有助于避免致电主治医生。
谷歌分析显示，60 名参与者平均扫描 QR 码 1.6 次，大多数扫描来自家长（65%）。79 名参与者（89.9%）认为在石膏上贴 QR 码很有用，65 名参与者（73.9%）对 QR 码的便利性“非常满意”，37 名参与者表示他们找到的信息使他们避免联系医生。
我们证明，QR 码在非手术儿童骨折护理中的使用满意度很高，并且可能减少联系主治医生的次数。
