Norwegian health personnel’s compliance with new legislation on children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multicentre study

Table 3 ^aPercentages of legislation component endorsed by patients and health personnel (n=273)

	Patients	Health personnel
*Conversations and documentation about the child: Percentage endorsing ‘yes’*	%	%
Was the patient asked whether he/she has children?	83.5	94.9
Did the health care professionals have a conversation with the patient about his/her parental functioning?	63.0	86.8
Did the health care professionals have a conversation with the patient about the child’s situation?	64.1	84.2
Was a questionnaire about the child’s situation used?	10.6	34.8
Was the other adult^b offered a conversation at the unit?	53.5	53.1
Did the other adult attend a conversation at the unit?	52.0	43.2
Did the discharge letter from the hospital contain information about the child’s needs?	2.2	22.7

^aThe sample in this analysis are patients and health personnel for whom both respondent groups are reporting
^bThe other adult is either the child’s other biological parent or the patient’s partner who lives in the household

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