General practitioners cannot rely on reported weight and height of children
| Autor: | Marienke van Middelkoop, Patrick J E Bindels, Janneke van Leeuwen, Winifred D. Paulis, Bart W. Koes |
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| Přispěvatelé: | General Practice |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Parents Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Short Report Primary care Overweight Childhood obesity primary care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thinness General Practitioners Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Care Planning Netherlands business.industry screening 030503 health policy & services Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health RNA-Binding Proteins Reproducibility of Results medicine.disease Body Height Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool General practice Cohort Female medicine.symptom Underweight 0305 other medical science business childhood obesity |
| Zdroj: | Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20:e14 Primary Health Care Research & Development |
| Popis: | Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the differences between reported and measured weight and height for underweight, normal-weight, and overweight children, particularly in a general practitioner setting. Background: Screening, signaling, and treatment of childhood obesity by the general practitioner depends on accurate weight and height measurements.Methods: Data on reported and measured weight and height from a cohort including 715 normal-weight and overweight children aged 2–17 were used. Means of reported and measured weight and height were compared using the paired T-test. Findings: Of the 715 included children, 17.5% were defined as being underweight, 63.2% normal-weight, and 19.3% overweight according to direct measured height and weight. In the age group 2–8 years, parents of underweight children reported a significantly higher weight than measured weight [mean differences (MD) 0.32 kg (0.02, 0.62)], whereas parents of overweight young children reported a significantly lower weight [MD −1.08 kg (−1.77, −0.39)]. In the age group 9–17 years, normal-weight [MD −0.51 kg (−0.79, −0.23)] and overweight children [MD −1.28 kg (−2.08, −0.47)] reported a significantly lower weight than measured weight. Conclusions: General practitioners cannot rely on reported weight and height measures from parents and children. In case of suspected under- or overweight in children, it should be advised to measure weight and height in general practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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