Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Columbia, SC, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2018 Jul;22(7):1077-1084. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2491-4.
Objectives Studies suggest that parents tend to misperceive their child's actual weight status and typically underestimate their child's weight. Since few studies examine the factors that influence parental misperception, this study aims to assess the influence of parent and child factors with parental misperception of their child's actual weight status who were either at their recommended weight or overweight/obese in South Carolina in 2013 and 2014. Methods Secondary data were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the Children's Health Assessment Survey (CHAS) in 2013 and 2014 in SC. Parental misperception of child's actual weight status was measured by comparing parental perception to their child's actual weightstatus measured via BMI. Logistic regression was conducted to assess the association between parental and child factors with parental misperception of child's weight status. Results In the adjusted multivariate analysis, only child's age was significantly and positively associated with parental misperception of their child's actual weight status. Conclusions for Practice This cross sectional analysis showed an association between child's age and parental misperception of child's actual weight status. It is essential to educate parents about their children's weight status, especially among young children.
研究表明，父母往往会错误地感知孩子的实际体重状况，并且通常会低估孩子的体重。由于很少有研究探讨影响父母错误认知的因素，本研究旨在评估 2013 年和 2014 年南卡罗来纳州父母和孩子的因素对父母对其处于推荐体重或超重/肥胖的孩子实际体重状况的错误认知的影响。
从 2013 年和 2014 年的行为风险因素监测系统（BRFSS）和儿童健康评估调查（CHAS）中获取二次数据。通过 BMI 来衡量父母对孩子实际体重状况的感知来衡量父母对孩子实际体重状况的错误认知。采用逻辑回归分析评估父母和孩子的因素与父母对孩子体重状况的错误认知之间的关联。
在调整后的多变量分析中，只有孩子的年龄与父母对孩子实际体重状况的错误认知呈显著正相关。
本横断面分析显示，儿童年龄与父母对孩子实际体重状况的错误认知之间存在关联。教育父母了解孩子的体重状况非常重要，尤其是对于幼儿。
