Thomson Hilary, Ross Sue, Wilson Philip, McConnachie Alex, Watson Richard
Department of General Practice, University of Glasgow.
Br J Gen Pract. 2002 Apr;52(477):314-6.
A copy of BabyCheck was sent to 497 mothers shortly after the birth of their baby. Six months later they were sent a questionnaire asking about their use of and attitudes to, BabyCheck. Questionnaires were returned by 323 (65%) mothers; 215 (67%) of them reported reading BabyCheck, the majority found it easy to understand (74%) and agreed with the advice (67%). Eighty-four (26%) of the mothers who returned the questionnaires reported using BabyCheck when their baby was ill; of these, 71% agreed with the advice and 65% trusted the advice. None of the mothers had used the complete range of tests. This lead to our conclusion that BabyCheck is well accepted among mothers but is not used routinely as part of mothers' response to illness in their babies. BabyCheck requires introductory education to ensure that parents score all the tests and that the predictive power of BabyCheck is not compromised. Further evaluation of BabyCheck is needed to find its ideal role in the assessment and monitoring of infant illness.
在婴儿出生后不久,一份《婴儿健康检查指南》副本被寄给了497位母亲。六个月后,她们收到一份关于使用《婴儿健康检查指南》及其态度的调查问卷。323位(65%)母亲回复了问卷;其中215位(67%)报告阅读了《婴儿健康检查指南》,大多数人觉得它易于理解(74%)并认同其中的建议(67%)。回复问卷的母亲中有84位(26%)报告在宝宝生病时使用了《婴儿健康检查指南》;其中,71%认同其中的建议,65%信任这些建议。没有一位母亲使用过所有的检查项目。由此我们得出结论,《婴儿健康检查指南》在母亲中很受欢迎,但并未作为母亲应对宝宝疾病的常规手段被使用。《婴儿健康检查指南》需要进行入门教育,以确保家长完成所有检查项目,且不影响其预测能力。需要对《婴儿健康检查指南》进行进一步评估,以确定其在评估和监测婴儿疾病方面的理想作用。