Validity of parent's self-reported responses to home safety questions

J M Osborne; Rania Shibl; C M Cameron; D Kendrick; R A Lyons; A B Spinks; N Sipe; Roderick McClure

doi:10.1080/17457300.2014.992348

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Validity of parent's self-reported responses to home safety questions

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Validity of parent's self-reported responses to home safety questions

J M Osborne, Rania Shibl, C M Cameron, D Kendrick, R A Lyons, A B Spinks, N Sipe and Roderick McClure

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Vol.23(3), pp.229-239

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2014.992348

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home injuries

Home Injury Prevention Survey

validation study

home audit

home safety

The aim of the study was to describe the validity of parent's self-reported responses to questions on home safety practices for children of 2-4 years. A cross-sectional validation study compared parent's self-administered responses to items in the Home Injury Prevention Survey with home observations undertaken by trained researchers. The relationship between the questionnaire and observation results was assessed using percentage agreement, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and intraclass correlation coefficients. Percentage agreements ranged from 44% to 100% with 40 of the total 45 items scoring higher than 70%. Sensitivities ranged from 0% to 100%, with 27 items scoring at least 70%. Specificities also ranged from 0% to 100%, with 33 items scoring at least 70%. As such, the study identified a series of self-administered home safety questions that have sensitivities, specificities and predictive values sufficiently high to allow the information to be useful in research and injury prevention practice. © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Title: Validity of parent's self-reported responses to home safety questions
Authors: J M Osborne (Author) - Griffith University
Rania Shibl (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
C M Cameron (Author) - Griffith University
D Kendrick (Author) - University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
R A Lyons (Author) - Swansea University, United Kingdom
A B Spinks (Author) - Griffith University
N Sipe (Author) - University of Queensland
Roderick McClure (Author) - Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Publication details: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Vol.23(3), pp.229-239
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2014.992348
ISSN: 1745-7300
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450352602621
Output Type: Journal article

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