PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hilary Thomson AU - Sue Ross AU - Philip Wilson AU - Alex McConnachie AU - Richard Watson TI - Mothers' use of and attitudes to BabyCheck. DP - 2002 Apr 01 TA - British Journal of General Practice PG - 314--316 VI - 52 IP - 477 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/52/477/314.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/52/477/314.full SO - Br J Gen Pract2002 Apr 01; 52 AB - A copy of BabyCheck was sent to 497 mothers shortly after the birth of their baby. Six months later they were sent a questionnaire asking about their use of and attitudes to, BabyCheck. Questionnaires were returned by 323 (65%) mothers; 215 (67%) of them reported reading BabyCheck, the majority found it easy to understand (74%) and agreed with the advice (67%). Eighty-four (26%) of the mothers who returned the questionnaires reported using BabyCheck when their baby was ill; of these, 71% agreed with the advice and 65% trusted the advice. None of the mothers had used the complete range of tests. This lead to our conclusion that BabyCheck is well accepted among mothers but is not used routinely as part of mothers' response to illness in their babies. BabyCheck requires introductory education to ensure that parents score all the tests and that the predictive power of BabyCheck is not compromised. Further evaluation of BabyCheck is needed to find its ideal role in the assessment and monitoring of infant illness.