A low-birth-weight risk assessment scale: development and validation through a questionnaire-based survey

• Published in: BMC Health Services Research Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 48 - 12
• Main Authors: Sonoda, Kazuko, Matsunari, Yuko, Takei, Syuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer Science and Business Media LLC 18.01.2019; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accidental falls; Adult; Age; Babies; Birth weight; Births; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Consent; Day care centers; Early childhood education; Employment; Evaluation; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Families & family life; Female; Health risk assessment; Health services; Humans; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infants; Japan; Kindergarten; Life Style; Lifestyles; Low birth weight; Malnutrition; Maternal & child health; Methods; Middle Aged; Mothers; Participation; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Principal factor analysis; Promax rotation; Psychometrics; Public aspects of medicine; Public health; Questionnaires; RA1-1270; Reproducibility of Results; Research Article; Response rates; Risk Assessment; Risk Assessment - standards; Risk assessment scale; Risk factor; Risk Factors; Standard deviation; Surveys and Questionnaires; Validity; Variance analysis; Women's health; Womens health; Japan; Principal factor analysis; Promax rotation; Risk assessment scale; Low birth weight; Risk factor

Birth weight is continuously decreasing in Japan since food satiation has become a problem in recent years. The present study aimed to develop and examine the reliability and validity of a scale for the assessment of risk factors for low birth weight in infants born at term. A self-administered post...