Journal article
Parent-reported prevalence and persistence of 19 common child health conditions
T Liu, R Lingam, K Lycett, FK Mensah, J Muller, H Hiscock, MH Huque, M Wake
Archives of Disease in Childhood | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective: To estimate prevalence and persistence of 19 common paediatric conditions from infancy to 14-15 years. Design: Population-based prospective cohort study. Setting: Australia. Participants: Parallel cohorts assessed biennially from 2004 to 2014 from ages 0-1 and 4-5 years to 10-11 and 14-15 years, respectively, in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Main outcome measures: 19 health conditions: 17 parent-reported, 2 (overweight/obesity, obesity) directly assessed. Two general measures: health status, special health care needs. Analysis: (1) prevalence estimated in 2-year age-bands and (2) persistence rates calculated at each subsequent time point for each condition among a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This paper uses unit record data from Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The study is conducted in partnership between the Department of Social Services, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The findings and views reported in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to any of these three agencies. The following authors were supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council: MW, Senior Research Fellowship 1046518; FKM, Career Development Fellowship 1111160; HH, Career Development Award 607351. MW was also supported by Cure Kids New Zealand. Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.