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Validity and Reliability of Parent Assessments of Pubertal Maturation Among Adolescent Girls in Isfahan, Iran Publisher Pubmed

Summary: Research validates a questionnaire for mothers to reliably assess pubertal development in Iranian girls, matching clinical standards. #Puberty #HealthAssessment

Mozafarian N1 ; Hashemipour M1, 2 ; Maracy MR3, 4 ; Madineh SA5 ; Farahi R6 ; Kelishadi R1
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Source: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Published:2024


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Objectives: The current paper presents the steps considered for validation of a questionnaire for assessment of sexual maturity among Iranian adolescent girls. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2022 in Isfahan, Iran. Based on the Growth and Development Questionnaire that included both the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS) and Sexual Maturation Scale (SMS), two Persian questionnaires were prepared. The face validity, content validity, criterion validity, and reliability of the questionnaire were assessed. We compared agreement of two parent-reported measures of puberty, SMS and PDS, with clinical Tanner stages (TSs) as the gold standard. Percent agreement, Cohen's kappa coefficient, and Kendall's τ b were used to assess the agreement between maternal assessments with clinical TS. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Cronbach's α coefficient were also calculated to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire. Results: A total of 150 students aged 6-17 years with mean (SD) age of 10 (2.04) completed this study. The percentages of agreement for the mother-reported SMS in relation to clinical TS for breast stage and pubic hair stage were 60 and 53.8, respectively. The percentages of agreement of the mother-reported PDS in relation to clinical TS for breast stage and pubic hair stage were 55.8 and 66, respectively. The weighted kappa coefficients showed moderate agreement, with weighted kappa ranging from 0.52 to 0.61. The mother-reported SMS and PDS showed high reliability. The Cronbach's alpha of the PDS and the SMS was 0.88 and 0.83, respectively. The ICC of the mother-reported SMS and the mother-reported PDS was 0.95 (0.92-0.98) and 0.97 (0.94-0.98), respectively. Conclusions: This study indicated that a maternal assessment of sexual maturity using the PDS or SMS can reliably estimate pubertal development in adolescent girls in an Iranian population. © 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
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