ArticleHormone research in paediatrics2015
Parental Concerns Influencing Decisions to Seek Medical Care for a Child's Short Stature.
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- Inequalities in the assessment of childhood short stature.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023Article
- Association of Maternal-Clinician Ethnic Concordance With Latinx Youth Receipt of Family-Centered Care.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Investigation and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
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- Growth Hormone Stimulation Testing Patterns Contribute to Sex Differences in Pediatric Growth Hormone Treatment.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2021Article
- A Disability Bioethics Reading of the FDA and EMA Evaluations on the Marketing Authorisation of Growth Hormone for Idiopathic Short Stature Children.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2020Article
- Dilemmas of growth hormone treatment for GH deficiency and idiopathic short stature: defining, distinguishing, and deciding.Minerva pediatrica · 2020Review
- Pattern and Features of Pediatric Endocrinology Referrals: A Retrospective Study in a Single Tertiary Center in Italy.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Concerns and Expectations of Parents Seeking Subspecialist Care for Their Child's Short Stature.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2019Article
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aimsTo examine parental concerns about child growth and factors that drive parents' decisions whether to intervene medically with their child's height.
methodsParents of 9- to 14-year-old pediatric primary care patients of various heights, oversampled for those with short stature, participated in exploratory focus groups and nominal group technique sessions. Growth concerns expressed by the groups were incorporated into a survey, completed by 1,820 parents, and rated for their degree of impact on medical decision-making. Ordinal logistic regression modeled concern scores against parent traits. Explanatory focus groups clarified the survey results.
resultsResearch team consensus and factor analysis organized the 22 distinct concerns expressed by the parent groups into 7 categories. Categories rated as having the greatest influence on parental decision-making involved: treatment efficacy and side effects, child health and psychosocial function. Level of concern was highly associated with parental education and parenting style.
conclusionPsychosocial issues are influential, but parental decision-making is most impacted by concerns about treatment and child health. By discussing the real risks and benefits of hormone treatment and addressing parents' perceptions of what is needed for physical and psychosocial health, clinicians can be highly effective educators to assure that treatment is used only as medically indicated.
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