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Validation of Remote Anthropometric Measurements in a Rural Randomized Pediatric Clinical Trial in Primary Care Settings

Description
Evaluates the effectiveness of remote assessment of height and weight for rural children, providing comparisons of remote and in-person measurements of 33 caregiver-child pairs. Provides measurement data, assesses measurement reliability, and identifies factors associated with measurement discrepancies. Describes the significance of findings in context of obesity treatment.
Author(s)
E Zhang, Ann M. Davis, Elizabeth Yakes Jiminez, et al.
Citation
Scientific Reports, 14, 411
Date
01/2024
Type
Document
Tagged as
Children and youth · Families · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Telehealth