BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry
Sec. Child Mental Health and Interventions
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frcha.2025.1653288
This article is part of the Research TopicUnpacking the Correlation Between Feeding Difficulties and Feeding or Eating Disorders in Children and AdolescentsView all articles
An Updated Framework for Characterizing Patients with Pediatric Feeding Disorder
Provisionally accepted
- 1Emory University, Atlanta, United States
- 2The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
- 3Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States
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Expert consensus previously established a framework for characterizing patients with pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) through a multidisciplinary case report form (CRF) methodology. Field testing of the PFD CRF and creation of a shared patient database represented next steps in the development of this clinical tool. The current study assessed the acceptability and feasibility of the PFD CRF through data collection across three feeding programs involved in the initial development of the CRF. A total of 80 patients completed multidisciplinary team evaluations and contributed data to the current evaluation of clinical implementation. Data analysis and feedback from end users (i.e., multidisciplinary care teams) subsequently guided CRF revisions. Results suggests the PFD CRF represents a feasible and practical method of common data collection across institutions, while also providing important insights into future research and dissemination efforts.
Keywords: feeding, Case report form, pediatric feeding disorder, patient characterization, feasiblity study
Received: 24 Jun 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Valerie Volkert, Emory University, Atlanta, United States
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