Measuring morbidity of children in the community: a comparison of interview and diary data
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the validity of estimates of morbidity experienced at home. METHODS: In the Dutch National Survey of Morbidity and Interventions in General Practice mothers of 1630 children answered a health interview and kept a health diary for 3 weeks (only the first 2 weeks were used). Children's symptoms were recorded during the interview using a check list and monitored in the health diary through open-ended questions. RESULTS: In the interview parents reported symptoms for 65% of their children and in the diary for 54% of children. Ear problems, colds, fever and weaknes... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1998 |
Schlagwörter: | *Interviews / *Medical Records / *Morbidity / Adolescent / Child / Preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Newborn / Male / Netherlands / Population Surveillance/*methods / Questionnaires / Reproducibility of Results / Retrospective Studies / Sensitivity and Specificity |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28786736 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/8811 |