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- Title
Validation of Parent-Reported Injuries to Their Children.
- Authors
Zonfrillo, Mark R.; Myers, Rachel K.; Durbin, Dennis R.; Curry, Allison E.
- Abstract
Objective: Injury is a leading cause of emergency department visits, disability, and death in children. This study examined the sensitivity and specificity of parental report of children’s specific injuries. Methods: A prospective validation study was conducted in 3 urban pediatric emergency departments from August 2010 to July 2011. Parents of injured children completed a survey at 2-weeks following the emergency department visit, and their responses were compared to injury data that were abstracted from medical records. Results: Parent surveys were completed for 516 injured children. Sensitivities were ≥0.75 for all fractures and ≥0.88 for extremity and skull fractures. Internal organ injuries were generally less accurately reported by parents than fractures. Specificity estimates all exceeded 0.95. Conclusions: This telephone-administered and mailed self-administered survey enabled parents to accurately report specific head and extremity injuries. Practical Applications: This survey may be a useful tool for pediatric injury surveillance activities.
- Subjects
INJURIES of the anatomical extremities; TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; BONE fractures; HOSPITAL emergency services; LONGITUDINAL method; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; HEAD injuries; CROSS-sectional method; SEVERITY of illness index; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 10, p983
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0009922814566931