| Autor: |
Pauline Scherdel, Jean-François Salaün, Marie-Noëlle Robberecht-Riquet, Laura Reali, Gabriella Páll, Elke Jäger-Roman, Manuel Praena Crespo, Marilena Moretto, Margareta Seher-Zupančič, Sigurlaug Agustsson, European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research Group, Martin Chalumeau |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 8, p e70871 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0070871 |
| Popis: |
ObjectiveWe aimed to study current practices in growth monitoring by European primary care paediatricians and to explore their perceived needs in this field.MethodsWe developed a cross-sectional, anonymous on-line survey and contacted primary care paediatricians listed in national directories in the 18 European countries with a confederation of primary care paediatricians. Paediatricians participated in the survey between April and September 2011.ResultsOf the 1,198 paediatricians from 11 European countries (response rate 13%) who participated, 29% used the 2006 World Health Organization Multicentre Growth Reference Study growth charts, 69% used national growth charts; 61% used software to draw growth charts and 79% did not use a formal algorithm to detect abnormal growth on growth charts. Among the 21% of paediatricians who used algorithms, many used non-algorithmic simple thresholds for height and weight and none used the algorithms published in the international literature. In all, 69% of paediatricians declared that a validated algorithm to monitor growth would be useful in daily practice. We found important between-country variations.ConclusionThe varied growth-monitoring practices declared by primary care paediatricians reveals the need for standardization and evidence-based algorithms to define abnormal growth and the development of software that would use such algorithms. |
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