Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.

<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to study current practices in growth monitoring by European primary care paediatricians and to explore their perceived needs in this field.<h4>Methods</h4>We developed a cross-sectional, anonymous on-line survey and contacted primary care paediatric...

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Autores principales:	Pauline Scherdel, Jean-François Salaün, Marie-Noëlle Robberecht-Riquet, Laura Reali, Gabriella Páll, Elke Jäger-Roman, Manuel Praena Crespo, Marilena Moretto, Margareta Seher-Zupančič, Sigurlaug Agustsson, European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research Group, Martin Chalumeau
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6ecfc17a79c54db092422c7fc74c6ea42021-11-18T09:01:15ZGrowth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0070871https://doaj.org/article/6ecfc17a79c54db092422c7fc74c6ea42013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23940655/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to study current practices in growth monitoring by European primary care paediatricians and to explore their perceived needs in this field.<h4>Methods</h4>We developed a cross-sectional, anonymous on-line survey and contacted primary care paediatricians listed in national directories in the 18 European countries with a confederation of primary care paediatricians. Paediatricians participated in the survey between April and September 2011.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 1,198 paediatricians from 11 European countries (response rate 13%) who participated, 29% used the 2006 World Health Organization Multicentre Growth Reference Study growth charts, 69% used national growth charts; 61% used software to draw growth charts and 79% did not use a formal algorithm to detect abnormal growth on growth charts. Among the 21% of paediatricians who used algorithms, many used non-algorithmic simple thresholds for height and weight and none used the algorithms published in the international literature. In all, 69% of paediatricians declared that a validated algorithm to monitor growth would be useful in daily practice. We found important between-country variations.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The varied growth-monitoring practices declared by primary care paediatricians reveals the need for standardization and evidence-based algorithms to define abnormal growth and the development of software that would use such algorithms.Pauline ScherdelJean-François SalaünMarie-Noëlle Robberecht-RiquetLaura RealiGabriella PállElke Jäger-RomanManuel Praena CrespoMarilena MorettoMargareta Seher-ZupančičSigurlaug AgustssonEuropean Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research GroupMartin ChalumeauPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 8, p e70871 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Pauline Scherdel Jean-François Salaün Marie-Noëlle Robberecht-Riquet Laura Reali Gabriella Páll Elke Jäger-Roman Manuel Praena Crespo Marilena Moretto Margareta Seher-Zupančič Sigurlaug Agustsson European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research Group Martin Chalumeau Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
description	<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to study current practices in growth monitoring by European primary care paediatricians and to explore their perceived needs in this field.<h4>Methods</h4>We developed a cross-sectional, anonymous on-line survey and contacted primary care paediatricians listed in national directories in the 18 European countries with a confederation of primary care paediatricians. Paediatricians participated in the survey between April and September 2011.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 1,198 paediatricians from 11 European countries (response rate 13%) who participated, 29% used the 2006 World Health Organization Multicentre Growth Reference Study growth charts, 69% used national growth charts; 61% used software to draw growth charts and 79% did not use a formal algorithm to detect abnormal growth on growth charts. Among the 21% of paediatricians who used algorithms, many used non-algorithmic simple thresholds for height and weight and none used the algorithms published in the international literature. In all, 69% of paediatricians declared that a validated algorithm to monitor growth would be useful in daily practice. We found important between-country variations.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The varied growth-monitoring practices declared by primary care paediatricians reveals the need for standardization and evidence-based algorithms to define abnormal growth and the development of software that would use such algorithms.
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author	Pauline Scherdel Jean-François Salaün Marie-Noëlle Robberecht-Riquet Laura Reali Gabriella Páll Elke Jäger-Roman Manuel Praena Crespo Marilena Moretto Margareta Seher-Zupančič Sigurlaug Agustsson European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research Group Martin Chalumeau
author_facet	Pauline Scherdel Jean-François Salaün Marie-Noëlle Robberecht-Riquet Laura Reali Gabriella Páll Elke Jäger-Roman Manuel Praena Crespo Marilena Moretto Margareta Seher-Zupančič Sigurlaug Agustsson European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians Research Group Martin Chalumeau
author_sort	Pauline Scherdel
title	Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
title_short	Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
title_full	Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
title_fullStr	Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
title_full_unstemmed	Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.
title_sort	growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in europe.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/6ecfc17a79c54db092422c7fc74c6ea4
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Growth monitoring: a survey of current practices of primary care paediatricians in Europe.

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