Comfort and utility of school-based weight screening: the student perspective

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Student report of lack of privacy and discomfort¹ with weight screening by weight status² and gender'

		Males					Females
	Overall³ Both genders N = 784	Overall n = 406	Healthy Weight n = 258	At-risk for overweight n = 63	Overweight n = 85	P for trend⁴	Overall n = 377	Healthy Weight n = 246	At-risk for overweight N = 69	Overweight n = 62	P for trend
% slightly or very uncomfortable with school-based weight screening	14.9	8.9	3.9	6.3	25.8	<0.01	21.6	12.4	24.6	54.8	<0.01
% slightly or very uncomfortable with height screening	6.8	5.4	3.9	1.6	12.9	<0.01	8.2	8.9	4.4	9.7	0.830
% slightly or very uncomfortable with weight screening in general	19.4	11.3	5.4	6.4	33.3	<0.01	28.1	17.5	36.2	61.3	<0.01
% reported enough privacy with screening (%yes)	80.1	80.3	82.6	80.6	72.9	0.064	80.1	84.4	80.9	61.3	<0.01

¹ The percentages reflect the percentage of respondents who reported being "very uncomfortable" or "slightly uncomfortable" on a 5-point Likert scale.
² Weight status definitions based on CDC 2000 Growth Reference (16): Healthy weight = 5^th to <85^th percentile BMI; At-risk for overweight = 85^th+ to <95^th percentile BMI; Overweight = ≥95^th percentile BMI.
³Sample sizes vary slightly due to missing data.
⁴Significance testing based on chi-square test for linear trend.

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