Association between characteristics of parents and children and urgent emergency department visits
| Characteristics | Non-urgent visits (n=202) | Urgent visits (n=184) | Total (n=386) | P value* |
| Parents | ||||
| Age (years） | 36.3±6.3 | 36.3±6.0 | 36.3±6.2 | 0.996 |
| Relationship to child | 0.148 | |||
| Father | 52 (25.7%) | 36 (19.6%) | 88 (22.8%) | |
| Mother | 150 (74.3%) | 148 (80.4%) | 298 (77.2%) | |
| Place of residence | 0.830 | |||
| Outside the prefecture | 10 (4.9%) | 10 (5.4%) | 20 (5.2%) | |
| Within the prefecture | 192 (95.1%) | 174 (94.6%) | 366 (94.8%) | |
| Medical professional | 0.779 | |||
| No | 166 (83%) | 153 (84.1%) | 319 (83.5%) | |
| Yes | 34 (17.0%) | 29 (15.9%) | 63 (16.5%) | |
| Education | 0.756 | |||
| Less than a university degree | 137 (68.2%) | 120 (66.7%) | 257 (67.5%) | |
| University degree or higher | 64 (31.8%) | 60 (33.3%) | 124 (32.6%) | |
| Self-evaluation on visit necessity | 0.664 | |||
| Unnecessary | 9 (5.4%) | 6 (4.3%) | 15 (4.9%) | |
| Necessary | 159 (94.6%) | 134 (95.7%) | 293 (95.1%) | |
| Child | ||||
| Age (years） | 4.0±2.5 | 3.2±2.4 | 3.6±2.5 | 0.003 |
| Sex of child | 0.720 | |||
| Male | 105 (52.0%) | 99 (53.8%) | 204 (52.9%) | |
| Female | 97 (48.0%) | 85 (46.2%) | 182 (47.2%) | |
| Birth order | 0.283 | |||
| First | 106 (52.5%) | 86 (47.0%) | 192 (49.9%) | |
| Second or later | 96 (47.5%) | 97 (53.0%) | 193 (50.1%) | |
| Medical history | 0.930 | |||
| None | 173 (85.6%) | 157 (85.3%) | 330 (85.5%) | |
| Yes | 29 (14.4%) | 27 (14.7%) | 56 (14.5%) | |
| Enrolment in daycare or school | 0.013 | |||
| None | 40 (19.8%) | 55 (29.9%) | 95 (24.6%) | |
| Daycare/kindergarten | 120 (61.2%) | 103 (56.6%) | 223 (57.8%) | |
| School | 42 (21.4%) | 26 (14.3%) | 68 (17.6%) | |
| Outcome | 0.068 | |||
| Home | 202 (100%) | 181 (98.4%) | 383 (99.2%) | |
| Hospitalised | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.6%) | 3 (0.8%) |
*P values were generated using a t-test or χ2 test. P values indicating statistically significant difference (p<0.05) are shown in bold.