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A comparison of self-reported puberty using the pubertal development scale and the sexual maturation scale in a school-based epidemiologic survey
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posted on 2006-10-01, 00:00 authored by L Bond, J Clements, N Bertalli, T Evans-Whipp, B McMorris, G Patton, John ToumbourouJohn Toumbourou, R CatalanoPurpose: To examine concordance between two self-reported measures of puberty: Sexual Maturatiom Scale (SMS) and Pubertal Developl1!ent Scale (PDS) and their acceptability to adolescents. Methods: Participants of a school-based study in grades 5, 7 and 9 were classified into one of 5 pubertal stages using each method. Results: 2864 students (age 9-16 years) participated. Agreement was moderate for males (K 0.42, 95% CI 0.39,0.45) and females (K 0.57, 95% CI 0.53, 0.61). Concordance within one stage was excellent (females 97%, males 89%), with discrepancies due to females being classified one stage later on the PDS (26%) and males one stage earlier (32%). There were more missing data for the SMS (13%) than the PDS (4%).
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Journal of adolescenceVolume
29Issue
5Pagination
709 - 720Publisher
Academic PressLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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0140-1971eISSN
1095-9254Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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