Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children
Aim. To develop and validate a questionnaire for detecting atopic dermatitis in infants and small children from the age of 2 months. Methods. Parents to 60 children answered a written questionnaire prior to a physical examination and individual semistructured interview. Qualitative and quantitative...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22500189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/945617 |
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author | von Kobyletzki, Laura B. Janson, Staffan Hasselgren, Mikael Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf Svensson, Åke |
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description | Aim. To develop and validate a questionnaire for detecting atopic dermatitis in infants and small children from the age of 2 months. Methods. Parents to 60 children answered a written questionnaire prior to a physical examination and individual semistructured interview. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of validity, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the questionnaire were performed. Results. A total of 27 girls and 33 boys, aged 2 to 71 months, 35 with and 25 without physician-diagnosed eczema, participated. Validation of the questionnaire by comparisons with physicians' diagnoses showed a sensitivity of 0.91 (95% CI 0.77–0.98) and a specificity of 1 (95% CI 0.86–1). Conclusions. Three questions in a parental questionnaire were sufficient for diagnosing eczema in infants and small children. |
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spelling | pubmed-33035602012-04-12 Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children von Kobyletzki, Laura B. Janson, Staffan Hasselgren, Mikael Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf Svensson, Åke J Allergy (Cairo) Research Article Aim. To develop and validate a questionnaire for detecting atopic dermatitis in infants and small children from the age of 2 months. Methods. Parents to 60 children answered a written questionnaire prior to a physical examination and individual semistructured interview. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of validity, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the questionnaire were performed. Results. A total of 27 girls and 33 boys, aged 2 to 71 months, 35 with and 25 without physician-diagnosed eczema, participated. Validation of the questionnaire by comparisons with physicians' diagnoses showed a sensitivity of 0.91 (95% CI 0.77–0.98) and a specificity of 1 (95% CI 0.86–1). Conclusions. Three questions in a parental questionnaire were sufficient for diagnosing eczema in infants and small children. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3303560/ /pubmed/22500189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/945617 Text en Copyright © 2012 Laura B. von Kobyletzki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article von Kobyletzki, Laura B. Janson, Staffan Hasselgren, Mikael Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf Svensson, Åke Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title | Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title_full | Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title_short | Evaluation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Preschool Children |
title_sort | evaluation of a parental questionnaire to identify atopic dermatitis in infants and preschool children |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22500189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/945617 |
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