Introduction:

unintentional injuries are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the paediatric population and can be prevented if the risk factors that make them more likely are identified and addressed. The degree of parental supervision is one of the factors that may affect the occurrence of unintentional injuries. The aim of our study was to compare the degree of parental supervision estimated subjectively by health care professionals and the degree measured objectively using a questionnaire validated for this purpose. The ultimate objective was to determine the need to use questionnaires to act more efficiently to address risk factors.

Material and methods:

we conducted an observational, cross-sectional and analytic study to assess the agreement between the degree of parental supervision perceived by paediatricians and the degree measured using the Parental Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ), which has been adapted and validated for use in Spanish translation.

Results:

we found no correlation between the agreement between the degree of parental supervision perceived by paediatricians and the degree measured using the PSAPQ.

Conclusions:

validated methods need to be used to objectively measure the risk factors involved in unintentional injuries in children, including the degree of parental supervision, in order to avoid perception biases and address these factors as efficiently as possible.

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