Homogeneity of maternal perception of her child's weight in northeastern Mexico Article uri icon

abstract

  • The objectives were to assess a maternal perception of her child%27s weight through two tests, words, and images, to validate tests; and to compare perception among Mexican populations. Participants 2,842 mother-child dyads; the child%27s body mass index measurement was the gold standard. Sensitivity, specificity, Kappa value, Z test and homogeneity of Kappas were calculated. By words found that 55.1%25, 77.5%25, 32.2%25 and 25.1%25 of mothers of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese children had an adequate perception. By images found that 76.4%25, 92.9%25, 73.0%25, and 89%25 of mothers of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese children had an adequate perception. Sensitivity, specificity, and Kappa values for the words were 28.4%25, 22.5%25 and 0.442 (p=0.000); for the images were 81.6%25, 23.6%25 and 0.043 (p=0.001). A small proportion of mothers of overweightobese children had adequate perception by words The images had higher sensitivity. There are various levels of homogeneity across the States. © Kamla-Raj 2014.
  • The objectives were to assess a maternal perception of her child's weight through two tests, words, and images, to validate tests; and to compare perception among Mexican populations. Participants 2,842 mother-child dyads; the child's body mass index measurement was the gold standard. Sensitivity, specificity, Kappa value, Z test and homogeneity of Kappas were calculated. By words found that 55.1%25, 77.5%25, 32.2%25 and 25.1%25 of mothers of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese children had an adequate perception. By images found that 76.4%25, 92.9%25, 73.0%25, and 89%25 of mothers of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese children had an adequate perception. Sensitivity, specificity, and Kappa values for the words were 28.4%25, 22.5%25 and 0.442 (p=0.000); for the images were 81.6%25, 23.6%25 and 0.043 (p=0.001). A small proportion of mothers of overweightobese children had adequate perception by words The images had higher sensitivity. There are various levels of homogeneity across the States. © Kamla-Raj 2014.

publication date

  • 2014-01-01