Determinants of response to a parent questionnaire about development and behaviour in 3 year olds: European multicentre study of congenital toxoplasmosis

Autor: A, Salt, K, Freeman, A, Prusa, N, Ferret, W, Buffolano, G, Malm, D, Schmidt, H K, Tan, R E, Gilbert, E, Petersen
Rok vydání: 2005
Předmět:
Parents
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Developmental Disabilities
Child Behavior
Neuropsychological Tests
Toxoplasmosis
Congenital
03 medical and health sciences
Postal questionnaire
Child Development
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Prospective Studies
Pediatrics
Perinatology
and Child Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Psychiatry
Prospective cohort study
business.industry
05 social sciences
lcsh:RJ1-570
lcsh:Pediatrics
Child development
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Europe
Parental anxiety
Child
Preschool
Pregnancy Complications
Parasitic
Multivariate Analysis
Pediatrics
Perinatology and Child Health
PARENTAL CONCERNS
Anxiety
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Research Article
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Zdroj: BMC Pediatrics
BMC Pediatrics, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 21 (2005)
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-21
Popis: Background We aimed to determine how response to a parent-completed postal questionnaire measuring development, behaviour, impairment, and parental concerns and anxiety, varies in different European centres. Methods Prospective cohort study of 3 year old children, with and without congenital toxoplasmosis, who were identified by prenatal or neonatal screening for toxoplasmosis in 11 centres in 7 countries. Parents were mailed a questionnaire that comprised all or part of existing validated tools. We determined the effect of characteristics of the centre and child on response, age at questionnaire completion, and response to child drawing tasks. Results The questionnaire took 21 minutes to complete on average. 67% (714/1058) of parents responded. Few parents (60/1058) refused to participate. The strongest determinants of response were the score for organisational attributes of the study centre (such as direct involvement in follow up and access to an address register), and infection with congenital toxoplasmosis. Age at completion was associated with study centre, presence of neurological abnormalities in early infancy, and duration of prenatal treatment. Completion rates for individual questions exceeded 92% except for child completed drawings of a man (70%), which were completed more by girls, older children, and in certain centres. Conclusion Differences in response across European centres were predominantly related to the organisation of follow up and access to correct addresses. The questionnaire was acceptable in all six countries and offers a low cost tool for assessing development, behaviour, and parental concerns and anxiety, in multinational studies.
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