title: [Parental beliefs on medication and satisfaction with child healthcare].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to explore a possible significant relationship between parental beliefs about medication and satisfaction with the medical care their children receive in two different healthcare settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included a total of 1,517 parents whose children were being treated either in pediatric primary care or pediatric emergency centers in eastern Andalusia. Of these, 489 were men and 1,028 women. The research instruments used were the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) and the Scale of Satisfaction with Health Care Services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results indicate that high levels of negative beliefs about medication were significantly associated with lower levels of parent satisfaction with healthcare received.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Satisfaction with pediatric healthcare depends on aspects relating to the healthcare system, but certainly personal psychological and social variables like beliefs and parent’s previous expectations may play an important role too.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández-Castillo
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vílchez-Lara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult