The goal of this observational study is to determine whether, in a population of well-informed parents, choosing a general practitioner at the maternity hospital facilitates the completion of the newborn's first required medical examination within the second week of life. The main question it aims to answer is: Does selecting a general practitioner before leaving the maternity hospital allow the newborn's first medical examination to be completed within the recommended period? Participants will be asked to complete an initial questionnaire, which will be given to them before leaving the maternity hospital, and then a second questionnaire by telephone one month later.
For eligible newborns, an information sheet will be provided to the parents or legal guardians. Parents or legal guardians who have been informed of the study and do not object to their child's participation will receive a questionnaire between the second postnatal day (D2) and discharge from the maternity ward. Each completed questionnaire will be collected prior to discharge. The research team will then contact the parents by telephone on day 30 (±3 days) to administer the second questionnaire and record their responses.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
120
This exposure refers to parents selecting a general practitioner for their newborn before discharge from the maternity hospital. It represents a routine-care organizational choice that may influence whether the first post-discharge medical examination is completed within the recommended period. No study-specific procedures or treatments are administered.
Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Corbeil-Essonnes, France, France
Timely completion of the newborn's first post-discharge medical examination
Assessment of whether the newborn's first medical examination after discharge from the maternity hospital is performed within the recommended period (second week of life, between day 8 and day 15). The outcome is measured as a binary variable: completed within the recommended period / not completed within the recommended period.
Time frame: at 1 month
Sociodemographic data of the parents' choice of physician for the newborn's first consultation
Assessment of parental (sociodemographic, organizational, informational) and neonatal (clinical, perinatal) characteristics associated with the selection of the physician designated to perform the newborn's first post-discharge consultation.
Time frame: at day 0
Questions regarding the first post-hospitalization consultation
Evaluation of the information received by parents and their level of knowledge regarding the purpose, timing, and importance of the newborn's first post-discharge consultation, including awareness of recommended guidelines.
Time frame: at maternity (assessed up to day 7)
Concordance between the physician designated in maternity and the physician who performed the consultation
Comparison between the physician chosen by parents before hospital discharge and the physician who actually performed the newborn's first medical examination.
Time frame: at 1 month
Factors associated with delayed completion of the newborn's first consultation
Identification of parental, organizational, and neonatal factors associated with completion of the first consultation after the recommended period. Outcome measured as timely vs. delayed, with analysis of associated covariates.
Time frame: at 1 month
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