Family Functioning in Pediatric Primary Care Patients

Author:

Van Fossen Catherine A.1ORCID,Pratt Keeley J.12ORCID,Murray Robert3,Skelton Joseph A.45

Affiliation:

1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

2. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

3. Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Columbus, OH, USA

4. Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

5. Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Abstract

Introduction. The purpose of this study was to pilot a brief measure of family functioning (Family Assessment Device–General Functioning [FAD_GF]) with caregivers of children aged 2 to 18 years, seen for routine pediatric primary care visits. Methods. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the FAD_GF in a pediatric primary care sample of 400 families. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the FAD_GF using R, and WLSMV was used to estimate missing variables. Results. The FAD_GF was found to be reliable with this sample, α = .90. The model fit was χ2(54) = 56.44, P = .38, with root mean square error of approximation = .01 and comparative fit index = .99. The 12 items were significantly predicted by family functioning, and family functioning explained more than 20% of the variance in the items, R2 > .25. Overall, 12.6% (n = 46) of families were identified as having clinically impaired family functioning. Discussion. The FAD_GF provides clinicians the ability to make evidence-informed decisions regarding referrals to family therapists.

Funder

The second author (Pratt) funded the study through internal funds from The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology, Department of Human Science.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Reference27 articles.

Cited by 9 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3