Utilization of family characteristics in nutritional classification of preschool children

The diet quality index (DQI) for preschool children is a new index developed to reflect compliance with four main food-based dietary guidelines for preschool children in Flanders. The present study investigates: (1) the validity of this index by comparing DQI scores for preschool children with nutrient intakes, both of which were derived from 3 d estimated diet records; (2) the reproducibility of the DQI for preschoolers based on a parentally reported forty-seven-item FFQ DQI, which was repeated after 5 weeks; (3) the relative validity of the FFQ DQI with 3 d record DQI scores as reference. The study sample included 510 and 58 preschoolers (2·5–6·5 years) for validity and reproducibility analyses, respectively. Increasing 3 d record DQI scores were associated with decreasing consumption of added sugars, and increasing intakes of fibre, water, Ca and many micronutrients. Mean FFQ DQI test–retest scores were not significantly different: 72 (sd 11) v. 71 (sd 10) (P = 0·218) out of a maximum of 100. Mean 3 d record DQI score (66 (sd 10)) was significantly lower than mean FFQ DQI (71 (sd 10); P < 0·001). The reproducibility correlation was 0·88. Pearsons correlation (adjusted for within-person variability) between FFQ and 3 d record DQI scores was 0·82. Cross-classification analysis of the FFQ and 3 d record DQI classified 60 % of the subjects in the same category and 3 % in extreme tertiles. Cross-classification of repeated administrations classified 62 % of the subjects in the same category and 3 % in extreme categories. The FFQ-based DQI approach compared well with the 3 d record approach, and it can be used to determine diet quality among preschoolers.

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Prediction of preoperative anxiety in preschool children undergoing ophthalmic surgery based on family characteristics

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ◽

10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110483 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 110483

Author(s):

Aihuan Chen ◽

Hengwei Sheng ◽

Zhubin Xie ◽

Weihua Shen ◽

Qianru Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Preoperative Anxiety ◽

Family Characteristics ◽

Ophthalmic Surgery

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Morphophonemic Processes in Children

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/00034894800890s537 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 89 (5_suppl) ◽

pp. 158-160

Author(s):

John Lybolt

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Similar Response ◽

Response Patterns ◽

Developmental Expectations ◽

Normal Speaking

Classification of preschool children as language-delayed or articulation-impaired, as though these deficit areas were independent, has seldom been challenged. Three groups of ten preschool children were selected to represent normally developing, articulation-impaired, and language-delayed subjects. Their productions of /s/, /z/, /t/, and /d/ were assessed in tasks requiring application of articulatory and grammatical rules. Each group had difficulty applying both articulatory and grammatical rules, normal-speaking children performing best and language-delayed children applying the rules least consistently. Each group evidenced similar response patterns which conformed to developmental expectations.

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Mental Health of Preschool Children and their Mothers in a Mixed Urban/Rural Population

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.168.1.21 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 168 (1) ◽

pp. 21-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Edmund Sonuga-Barke ◽

Jim Stevenson ◽

Margaret J. J. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Rural Population ◽

Total Population ◽

Child Behaviour ◽

Family Characteristics ◽

Family Factors ◽

Behaviour Problems ◽

Urban Rural ◽

New Forest

BackgroundThe extent to which certain maternal, child and family characteristics are associated in families with a 3-year-old child were examined.MethodA total population of families with a 3-year-old child and living in the New Forest were identified. Measures of child behaviour and the maternal GHQ-30 were obtained.ResultsWhereas behaviour problems were found to be significantly associated with all maternal and family factors (except social class), difficult temperament was only related to mother's recall of their own childhood as unhappy and overactivity was only significantly associated with maternal disturbance.ConclusionsThe results are consistent with maternal disturbance and difficult temperament acting independently and additively to influence the development of behaviour problems in preschool children.

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