Quantity, Content, and Context Matter: Associations Among Social Technology Use and Sleep Habits in Early Adolescents.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the associations of social technology access and content, bedtime behaviors, parental phone restrictions, and timing and duration of sleep on school nights in early adolescents.

Methods: Adolescents (aged 11-15 years, n = 772) in the Northeast U.S.

Development and psychometric properties of the OCD Family Functioning (OFF) Scale.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) influences not only patients but also family members. Although the construct of family accommodation has received attention in OCD literature, no measures of overall family functioning are currently available. The OCD Family Functioning (OFF) Scale was developed to explore the context, extent, and perspectives of functional impairment in families affected by OCD.

Yield of lumbar puncture among children who present with their first complex febrile seizure.

Objective: To assess the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among children who present with their first complex febrile seizure (CFS).

Design And Methods: This study was a retrospective, cohort review of patients aged 6 to 60 months who were evaluated in a pediatric emergency department (ED) between 1995 and 2008 for their first CFS. Cases were identified by using a computerized text search followed by a manual chart review.

Do parents understand growth charts? A national, Internet-based survey.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess parental knowledge and understanding of growth charts.

Methods: An online survey was conducted with 1000 parents selected to be demographically representative of the US population. Questions explored awareness of, knowledge of, and attitudes toward growth monitoring, as well as the ability to interpret growth chart data.

Glass table-related injuries in children.

Objectives: To investigate the patterns of injury sustained from glass table-related accidents to estimate whether tempered glass would prevent injuries.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of all patients in an urban pediatric emergency department between October of 1995 and May for 2007 for glass table-related accidents. Data collected included age, sex, injury characteristics, examination findings, radiographic imaging, interventions, and disposition.

Numeracy and communication with patients: they are counting on us.

Patient-centered interactive communication between physicians and patients is recommended to improve the quality of medical care. Numerical concepts are important components of such exchanges and include arithmetic and use of percentages, as well as higher level tasks like estimation, probability, problem-solving, and risk assessment--the basis of preventive medicine. Difficulty with numerical concepts may impede communication.

Public understanding of growth charts: a review of the literature.

Objective: To examine current knowledge about the general public's comprehension of growth charts.

Methods: A literature search was carried out to identify and analyze the findings of studies that have examined the extent to which non-healthcare professionals comprehend the information presented by growth charts.

Results: Few studies have examined how well parents understand growth charts.