Parent involvement in child anthropometric measurement.

Humans Child Child, Preschool Adult Reproducibility of Results Parents Surveys and Questionnaires Parent-Child Relations Caregivers
Anthropometric measurement Child Health Clinical Research Early childhood obesity Mixed methods Parent participation Parent perspective Primary care Qualitative research

Journal

BMC primary care
ISSN: 2731-4553
Titre abrégé: BMC Prim Care
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918300889006676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 04 2023
Historique:
received: 21 01 2022
accepted: 03 03 2023
medline: 6 4 2023
entrez: 4 4 2023
pubmed: 5 4 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Young children are often accompanied by their parent/caregiver when attending primary healthcare visits, where clinical procedures such as anthropometric measurements are conducted. Parents are not typically involved in their child's anthropometric measurement collection, and there are no recommendations for parental involvement during visits. The objective of this study was to describe parents' experiences with being involved in their child's anthropometric measurements. A 10-question survey comprised of scaled and open-ended questions was self-administered to participants after child anthropometric measurement collection including length/height, weight, head, arm, and waist circumference. Survey data were analyzed using a general inductive approach and thematic analysis. Surveys were collected in participating TARGet Kids! primary care practice sites in Toronto, Canada. Survey respondents included 30 parents of children < 2 years of age, and 30 parents of children 2-5 years of age. 76% of parents with children aged < 2 years and 93% of those with children aged 2-5 years rated their overall experience in being involved in their child's anthropometric measurement as enjoyable or thoroughly enjoyable. Analysis of open-ended survey questions revealed five themes: [1] parent interest in child growth; [2] ease of anthropometric measurement; [3] extended clinic visit; [4] child discomfort; and [5] interest in participating in research. Parents reported a high degree of enjoyment in being involved in their child's anthropometric measurements. Parent participation in anthropometric measurement may improve parental satisfaction with children's primary healthcare. Future research may include assessing the reliability of measurements taken with the support of a parent/caregiver.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Young children are often accompanied by their parent/caregiver when attending primary healthcare visits, where clinical procedures such as anthropometric measurements are conducted. Parents are not typically involved in their child's anthropometric measurement collection, and there are no recommendations for parental involvement during visits. The objective of this study was to describe parents' experiences with being involved in their child's anthropometric measurements.
METHODS
A 10-question survey comprised of scaled and open-ended questions was self-administered to participants after child anthropometric measurement collection including length/height, weight, head, arm, and waist circumference. Survey data were analyzed using a general inductive approach and thematic analysis. Surveys were collected in participating TARGet Kids! primary care practice sites in Toronto, Canada. Survey respondents included 30 parents of children < 2 years of age, and 30 parents of children 2-5 years of age.
RESULTS
76% of parents with children aged < 2 years and 93% of those with children aged 2-5 years rated their overall experience in being involved in their child's anthropometric measurement as enjoyable or thoroughly enjoyable. Analysis of open-ended survey questions revealed five themes: [1] parent interest in child growth; [2] ease of anthropometric measurement; [3] extended clinic visit; [4] child discomfort; and [5] interest in participating in research.
CONCLUSION
Parents reported a high degree of enjoyment in being involved in their child's anthropometric measurements. Parent participation in anthropometric measurement may improve parental satisfaction with children's primary healthcare. Future research may include assessing the reliability of measurements taken with the support of a parent/caregiver.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02028-2 PMID: 37016320 PMC: PMC10073622
pubmed: 37016320
doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02028-2
pii: 10.1186/s12875-023-02028-2
pmc: PMC10073622
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

89

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sarah Rae (S)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. sarah.rae@sickkids.ca.
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. sarah.rae@sickkids.ca.

Frank Ong (F)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Cindy-Lee Dennis (CL)

Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jill Hamilton (J)

Division of Endocrinology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Eleanor Pullenayegum (E)

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jonathon Maguire (J)

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Division of Paediatrics, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Catherine Birken (C)

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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