• Arch. Dis. Child. · Dec 2011

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Medicine dosing by weight in the home: can parents accurately weigh preschool children? A method comparison study.

    • Céire Costelloe, Alan A Montgomery, Niamh M Redmond, Margaret Fletcher, Sandra Hollinghurst, Tim J Peters, and Alastair D Hay.
    • Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. ceire.costelloe@bristol.ac.uk
    • Arch. Dis. Child. 2011 Dec 1; 96 (12): 1187-90.

    ObjectiveTo determine the accuracy with which parents can estimate preschool children's weight using home scales in order to calculate antipyretic dose.DesignCross-sectional, method comparison study.Setting And Participants156 preschool children aged 6 months to 6 years recruited from primary care and the community to an antipyretic strategies trial and managed at home. COMPARISON AND OUTCOME MEASURES: Research nurse weight estimate using Seca 835-2 digital paediatric scales compared with parental weight estimate using usual home scales.ResultsParents of 62 (40%) preschool children had home scales. Research scale estimated weights were heavier than home scale weight estimates, with a mean difference of 0.41 kg (95% CI -0.24 to 0.74 kg), with 95% limits of agreement of -2.44 to 1.47 kg.ConclusionWeight can be estimated accurately enough to calculate antipyretic medicine doses by the minority of parents having scales that can be used to estimate their child's weight.

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