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Trial reportBMC research notes2015

Measuring behaviours for escaping from house fires: use of latent variable models to summarise multiple behaviours.

G B Ploubidis, P Edwards, D Kendrick, Keeping Children Safe Study Group

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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G B PloubidisLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Room 150, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. george.ploubidis@lshtm.ac.uk.
P EdwardsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Room 150, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Phil.Edwards@lshtm.ac.uk.
D KendrickDivision of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Tower Building, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. D.Kendrick@nottingham.ac.uk.
Keeping Children Safe Study Group

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis paper reports the development and testing of a construct measuring parental fire safety behaviours for planning escape from a house fire.

methodsLatent variable modelling of data on parental-reported fire safety behaviours and plans for escaping from a house fire and multivariable logistic regression to quantify the association between groups defined by the latent variable modelling and parental-report of having a plan for escaping from a house fire. Data comes from 1112 participants in a cluster randomised controlled trial set in children's centres in 4 study centres in the UK.

resultsA two class model provided the best fit to the data, combining responses to five fire safety planning behaviours. The first group ('more behaviours for escaping from a house fire') comprised 86% of participants who were most likely to have a torch, be aware of how their smoke alarm sounds, to have external door and window keys accessible, and exits clear. The second group ('fewer behaviours for escaping from a house fire') comprised 14% of participants who were less likely to report these five behaviours. After adjusting for potential confounders, participants allocated to the 'more behaviours for escaping from a house fire group were 2.5 times more likely to report having an escape plan (OR 2.48; 95% CI 1.59-3.86) than those in the "fewer behaviours for escaping from a house fire" group.

conclusionsMultiple fire safety behaviour questions can be combined into a single binary summary measure of fire safety behaviours for escaping from a house fire. Our findings will be useful to future studies wishing to use a single measure of fire safety planning behaviour as measures of outcome or exposure. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT 01452191. Date of registration 13/10/2011.

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Accident PreventionAccidents, HomeAdolescentAdultBurnsChild Day Care CentersChild, PreschoolFemaleFiresHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfantMaleModels, TheoreticalParent-Child RelationsParents

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