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The development and validation of a measure of parent-reported child health and morbidity : The Warwick Child Health and Morbidity Profile
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Spencer, Nick and Coe, Christine (1996) The development and validation of a measure of parent-reported child health and morbidity : The Warwick Child Health and Morbidity Profile. Child: Care, Health and Development, Volume 22 (Number 6). pp. 367-379. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1996.tb00439.x ISSN 0305-1862.
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Abstract
Objective: to validate a simple instrument for the measurement of parent-reported health and morbidity in infancy and childhood suitable for research and service planning purposes and capable of measuring both cross-sectional and longitudinal health and morbidity experience in a child population. Setting: child health clinic (CHC), child development unit (CDU) and paediatric outpatient department (OPD) in Coventry. Design: 3-phase field testing to establish test-retest reliability, validity and inter-observer variation of the instrument. Field testing samples: phases 1 and 2; 188 parents of pre-school children attending one of the three health service settings -CHC, CDU or paediatric OPD; phase 3; 40 parents of preschool children attending CHCs. Methods: test-retest reliability of each domain of the WCHMP was estimated using weighted Kappa; criterion validity was estimated for selected domains against health records; construct validity against medically plausible constructs was tested by comparing responses between domains; inter-observer variation was estimated using weighted Kappa. Results: the test-retest reliability of the WCHMP varied from 'moderate' for behaviour, functional health and life quality status to 'very good' for acute significant illness and hospital admission status; criterion and construct validity were high; weighted Kappas for all domains for inter-observe variation between the researcher and family health visitor were in the 'good' to 'very good' range and inter-observer variation remained unaffected by change in the order of administration of the WCHMP. Conclusions: the WCHMP is a simple measure of parent-reported health and illness which, on field-testing, has been shown to be reliable and valid with low inter-observer variation. After further development and validation including incorporation into the parent-held record, it should be suitable for use in infancy and early childhood to collect cross-sectional and longitudinal health and morbidity data for research and service planning purposes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Child: Care, Health and Development | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0305-1862 | ||||
Official Date: | November 1996 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 22 | ||||
Number: | Number 6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 367-379 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1996.tb00439.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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