Chest pain in adolescents.

Adolescents with chest pain were compared with healthy adolescents to determine if they were more likely to believe they had cardiac disease and were less healthy than their peers. Perceptions were examined with a questionnaire and results analyzed by chi 2 analysis. Twenty-two percent of adolescents with chest pain were diagnosed with cardiac problems, a prevalence rate higher than previous reports.

Physician-patient communication. Understanding congenital heart disease.

Mothers' descriptions of their childrens' congenital heart disease were compared with cardiologists' diagnoses. Maternal understanding was examined with respect to 21 factors using bivariate contingency tables and multiple regression analyses. Of 285 mothers, 36% demonstrated poor comprehension.