Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children's acceptance tool (CareCAT).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing age-appropriate medications remains a challenge in particular for the population of infants and toddlers, as they are not able to reliably self-report if they would accept and consequently take an oral medicine. Therefore, it is common to use caregivers as proxies when assessing medicine acceptance. The outcome measures used in this research field differ and most importantly lack validation, implying a persisting gap in knowledge and controversy in the field. The newly developed Caregiver-administered Children's Acceptance Tool (CareCAT) is based on a 5-point nominal scale, with descriptors of medication acceptance behavior. This cross-sectional study assessed the measurement properties of the tool with regards to the user's understanding and its intra- and in

SUBMITTER: Blume J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5863835 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature