Associations between study questionnaire-assessed need and school doctor-evaluated benefit of routine health checks: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Finland, school doctors examine all children at predetermined ages in addition to annual health checks by school nurses. This study explored the association of study questionnaire-assessed need for and school doctor-evaluated benefit of routine health checks conducted by doctors.

Methods

Between August 2017 and August 2018, we recruited a random sample of 1341 children in grades 1 and 5 (aged seven and eleven years, respectively) from 21 elementary schools in four Finnish municipalities. Children mainly studying in special education groups or whose parents needed an interpreter were excluded. School nurses performed their health check as usual. Parents, nurses, and teachers then completed study questionnaires that assessed the concerns of parents, school nurses

SUBMITTER: Nikander K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature