Parent-child agreement in different domains of child behavior and health

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate and compare parent-child agreement in different domains of child health and behavior. Methods Data were collected between 2011 and 2019 within the framework of the LIFE Child study (Germany). Different subgroups of 10-to 12-year-old children and their parents (n (max) = 692) completed questionnaires on several health behaviors (diet, media use, physical activity, sleep), parameters of health (behavioral strengths and difficulties, psychosomatic complaints), and school grades. Agreement between child and parent reports was evaluated using weighted kappa coefficients. Furthermore, the frequencies of different types of (dis) agreement (parent report > child report, same response, child report > parent report) were assessed and checked for associations with child or parent gender.

Parent–child-agreement on health-related quality of life and its determinants in patients born with Esophageal Atresia: a Swedish–German cross-sectional study

“…Being a girl increases the probability of parents’ overestimating children's HRQOL. In contrast to our results, other studies reported that the child’s gender did not significantly affect the parent–child agreement [ 45 – 47 ]. Waters, Stewart–Brown [ 48 ] reported that-parent-female child-dyads showed lower agreement than parent-boy dyads.…”

Child self-report and child-parent agreement regarding health-related quality of life under COVID-19 lockdown in the French Grand Est area

“…Visual inspection of the Bland-Altman plot also revealed that the agreement between child-parent dyads was stronger when the children had lower HRQoL scores, highlighting that parents have a good perception of children's well-being when it is impaired. In contrast with a previous study [35], our ndings suggest that the sex of the child may affect the degree of agreement between child and parent ratings. The differences between child and parent ratings indicate that it would be valuable to consider both parent and child ratings.…”

Parent-Child-Agreement on Health-Related Quality of Life and its Determinants in Patients born with Esophageal Atresia – a Swedish-German cross-sectional study

“…Being a girl increases the probability of parents' overestimating children's HRQOL. In contrast to our results, other studies reported that the child's gender did not signi cantly affect the parent-child agreement (45)(46)(47). Waters, Stewart-Brown (48) reported that parents and a female child's dyads showed lower agreement than parent-boy dyads.…”