Psychometrics of the modified family-centered care assessment short version for childhood obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incorporating principles of family-centered care into pediatric weight management interventions can improve the effectiveness and quality of treatment and reduce attrition rates. To assess the family-centeredness of interventions, reliable, valid, and easy-to-administer scales are needed. The purpose of the study was to develop a shortened version of the modified Family Centered Care Assessment (mFCCA) and assess its psychometric properties.

Methods

The mFCCA, a scale to assess the family-centeredness of interventions for childhood obesity, was administered to families following the Connect for Health randomized control trial evaluating the effectiveness of a primary care-based pediatric weight management intervention. We iteratively removed items from the mFCCA a

SUBMITTER: Simione M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367898 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature