Comparison between Actual and Perceived Height of Parents of Children with Short Stature and Controls
Author(s) -
PauloF Collett-Solberg,
PedroR Collett-Solberg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of pediatric endocrinology/international journal of pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-9856
pISSN - 1687-9848
DOI - 10.1186/1687-9856-2009-919405
Subject(s) - medicine , short stature , pediatrics , idiopathic short stature , growth hormone , hormone
Objectives. We investigate whether parents complaining of their children's short stature have misconception of their height. Methods. Parents were asked to report their own height and were then measured. We compared the difference between reported and actual height of parents of children with short stature (CSS) with that of parents coming for a well child care visit (WCC) and parents of children referred to the endocrinologist without short stature (Endo). The accuracy of reported height from short (below 25%) and tall (above 75%) parents was compared. Results. The CSS fathers were shorter than WCC (P.01) fathers. The CSS mothers were shorter than the Endo (P.01) and WCC (P.001) mothers. There was no difference between reported and actual height when comparing the groups based on the reason for the visit or based on the parental height. Conclusions. Parents of CSS and short parents do not have a misconception of their height.
Open Access