Original ArticlePsychometric Properties of the Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire
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Methods
This study was approved by the institutional review boards (IRBs) at each of the 2 participating institutions (University of Utah IRB protocol #00074797 and Milwaukee Children's Hospital IRB protocol #442506-5). Participants with pediatric feeding disorders and no feeding problems were recruited equally from university hospital–based outpatient clinics at the 2 participating institutions. Inclusion criteria focused on male and female children (age: birth to 4-years) who met International
Results
Responses of 989 caregivers (pediatric feeding disorders n = 331; no feeding problems n = 650) were obtained. Demographic comparisons are shown in Table II. Significant difference were found across the pediatric feeding disorders and no feeding problems groups (Table II) in terms of education (χ2[7, N = 971] = 40.13, P < .01, phi = .20), marital status (χ2[5, N = 971] = 17.33, P < .01, phi = .20), income (χ2[7, N = 971] = 39.54, P < .001, phi = .2), and child age (t[984] = 10.503, P = <.001, d
Discussion
In the US, pediatric feeding disorders affect 478 000 to 8.7 million children nationwide3, 4, 5 and account for 3% of pediatric hospital admissions13 secondary to sequala of the pediatric feeding disorders (acute malnutrition, dehydration, etc).14 Although PCPs are best positioned to identify children with pediatric feeding disorders, they lack tools to reliably distinguish these from transient, minor feeding concerns.
Our results demonstrate that the questionnaire items of the ICFQ are
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Supported by Feeding Matters, which provided financial support for research assistant data collection. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.