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Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a randomised controlled trial.
- Source :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Jun2003, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p180, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Objective: To measure the validity of self reported safety practices from a questionnaire, completed by families participating in a home safety randomised controlled trial. Methods: The postal questionnaire was used to measure secondary outcomes in a randomised controlled trial. The answers to 26 questions that could be assessed by observation were checked by a home visit. Families were invited to take part in a "home safety check"; they were not told that the visit was part of a validation study. At the time of the visit the researcher was blind to the self reports in the questionnaires. Results: Sixty four questionnaires were validated by visits to 64 households. Percentage agreement ranged from 58% to 100%. Sensitivity was high (68% or above) for most safety practices. The positive predictive value was also high for most safety practices (78% or above for 15 of the 16 practices). Conclusions: This study found a fairly high degree of consistency between self reported data and actual observations. The findings from this relatively small study need confirmation from larger studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOME accident prevention
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13538047
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10197106
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.9.2.180