Tummy Time Tracking: Examining Agreement Between Parent Recall and Direct Observation in Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Parent recall is the primary method for measuring positioning practices such as tummy time in infants. Concerns regarding the accuracy of parent recall have been raised in the literature. To date, no study has examined the agreement of tummy time recall measures with gold-standard methods.

Objective

To assess the agreement between parental recall versus direct observation of tummy time in infants, and to explore the impact of prematurity on this relationship.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study, spanning 1 yr.

Setting

Participants' homes Participants: Thirty-two infant-parent dyads (19 full-term, 13 preterm), with infants ages 3 to 6 mo and caregivers ages older than 18 yr.

Outcome and measures

Home-recorded videos of infant play across

SUBMITTER: Inamdar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11312063 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature