Validation of a Parental Questionnaire to Identify Atopic Dermatitis in a Population-Based Sample of Children up to 2 Years of AgeShow others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Dermatology, ISSN 1018-8665, E-ISSN 1421-9832, Vol. 226, no 3, p. 222-226Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background: Validated eczema questionnaires have been available for schoolchildren only, but the incidence of atopic dermatitis (AD) is highest during infancy. Objective: To validate a parental questionnaire to identify AD in children up to 2 years of age. Methods: Parents of 476 children answered a written questionnaire prior to an examination by a physician. Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire were assessed. Results: A total of 245 (51%) girls and 231 (49%) boys, aged 1-24 months, with and without physician-diagnosed AD participated. Seventy-one children (15%) had physician-diagnosed AD. Validation of the questionnaire by comparisons with physicians' diagnoses showed a sensitivity of 0.87 (95% confidence interval, CI, 0.77-0.94) and a specificity of 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99). The positive predictive value was 0.90 (95% CI, 0.80-0.96) and the negative predictive value was 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99). Conclusion: The questionnaire identified AD in children aged 0-2 years with high accuracy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
S. Karger, 2013. Vol. 226, no 3, p. 222-226
Keyword [en]
Child, preschool, Dermatitis, atopic/diagnosis, Infant, Questionnaire, written parental
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Research subject
Public Health Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-38669DOI: 10.1159/000349983ISI: 000322891600006PubMedID: 23796755OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-38669DiVA, id: diva2:873359
2015-11-232015-11-232017-12-01Bibliographically approved