Ending Cervical Cancer Screening: Attitudes and Beliefs from Ethnically Diverse Older Women

This weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters includes:

• Articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers.
• Articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ staff, activities, and publications/products.
• Articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers.
• Articles related to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or Put Prevention into Practice program.
• Articles mentioning the National Healthcare Disparities Report and National Healthcare Quality Report.
• Other research using AHRQ data or products.

AHRQ-Funded/Authored Articles

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sawaya GF, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Kim S, et al. Ending cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009 Jan; 200(1):40.e1-7. [Supported in part by EXCEED grant 5 P01 HS10856.] Select to access the abstract.

Archives of Internal Medicine
Field S, Weiner M, Long J. Physician influences on patient care: random vs fixed effects. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan 26; 169(2):202-3. [Supported by grant 5 R18 HS17099-02 (Enabling Quality Measurement Program).]

Arthritis and Rheumatism
Panopalis P, Yazdany J, Gillis JZ, et al. Health care costs and costs associated with changes in work productivity among persons with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 2008 Dec 15; 59(12):1788-95. [Supported in part by grant 1 R01 HS13893 (to last author, Yelin E).] Select to access the abstract.

Biometrics
Liu L, Huang X, O'Quigley J. Analysis of longitudinal data in the presence of informative observational times and a dependent terminal event, with application to medical cost data. Biometrics 2008 Sep; 64(3):950-8. [Supported by grant 1 R03 HS16543.] Select to access the abstract.

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Concannon TW, Griffith JL, Kent DM, et al. Elapsed time in emergency medical services for patients with cardiac complaints: are some patients at greater risk for delay?. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009 Jan; 2(1):9-15. [Supported by grants R01 HS10282 and T32 HS00060-12 (to first author).]

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Shannon SE, Foglia MB, Hardy M, Gallagher TH. Disclosing errors to patients: perspectives of registered nurses. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009 Jan; 35(1):5-12. [Funded in part by grants 1 U18 HS16658-01 and 1 K08 HS14012-01; cites AHRQ-sponsored Institute of Medicine report, Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses, 2003, and Kaiser Family Foundation/AHRQ/Harvard School of Public Health report, National Survey on Consumers' Experiences with Patient Safety and Quality Information, 2004.]

Scott-Cawiezell J, Madsen RW, Pepper GA, et al. Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009 Jan; 35(1):29-35. [Funded by grant 5 UC1 HS14281-02.]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Miller EK, Edwards KM, Weinberg GA, et al. A novel group of rhinoviruses is associated with asthma hospitalizations. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009 Jan; 123(1):98.e.1-104.e1. [Supported in part by grant T32 HS13833-02 to first author).] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Wratney AT, Benjamin DK Jr, Slonim AD, et al. The endotracheal tube air leak test does not predict extubation outcome in critically ill pediatric patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2008 Sep; 9(5):490-6. [Supported in part by grant K08 HS14009 (to third author).] Select to access the abstract.

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Platt AB, Localio AR, Brensinger CM, et al. Risk factors for nonadherence to warfarin: results from the IN-RANGE study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2008 Sep; 17(9):853-60. [Supported in part by grant P01 HS11530.] Select to access the abstract.

Statistics in Medicine
Gardiner JC, Luo Z, Roman LA. Fixed effects, random effects and GEE: What are the differences? Stat Med 2009 Jan 30; 28(2):221-39. [Supported in part by grant 1 R01 HS14206.] Select to access the abstract.

AHRQ-Related Articles

Circulation
Choudhry NK. Copayment levels and medication adherence: less is more. Circulation 2009 Jan 27; 119(3):365-7. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Choudhry et al. (Health Aff, 2007).]

European Urology
Stenzl A, Cowan NC, De Santis M, et al. The Updated EAU guidelines on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer. Eur Urol 2009 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print. Notes in conclusion that the reviewed guidelines are "a short, comprehensive overview of the updated guidelines of (MiM-BC) as recently published in the EAU guidelines and also available in the National Guideline Clearinghouse."] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cigarette smoking among adults—United States, 2007. JAMA 2009 Jan 28; 301(4):373-5. [Reprinted from MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2008; cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2008 Update.]

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Abramson E, Hyman D, Osorio SN, et al. Implementing a patient safety and quality program across two merged pediatric institutions. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009 Jan; 35(1):43-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Kaushal et al. (JAMA, 2001).]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Smith AK, Earle CC, McCarthy EP. Racial and ethnic differences in end-of-life care in fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 Jan; 57(1):153-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Pletcher et al. (JAMA, 2004).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Walsh KE, Dodd KS, Seetharaman K, et al. Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting. J Clin Oncol 2008 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print. Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Kaushal et al. (JAMA, 2001), Bates et al. (JAMA, 1995, and (J Gen Intern Med, 1995), Landrigan et al. (N Engl J Med, 2004), Schillinger et al. (J Health Commun, 2006), and Weingart et al. (Arch Intern Med, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Cunningham PJ. High medical cost burdens, patient trust, and perceived quality of care. J Gen Intern Med 2008 Dec 20. [Epub ahead of print. Cites Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) results articles by current Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends researchers Banthin and Bernard (JAMA, 2006) and Banthin, Cunningham, and Bernard (Health Aff, 2008) and by Monheit (former AHRQ center director) (Med Care, 2003); cites AHRQ-funded article by Soumerai et al. (Arch Intern Med, 2006).] Select to access the abstract.

Quality Management in Health Care
Santuzzi NR, Brodnik MS, Rinehart-Thompson L, et al. Patient satisfaction: how do qualitative comments relate to quantitative scores on a satisfaction survey?. Qual Manag Health Care 2009 Jan-Mar; 18(1):3-18. [Notes that "the issue of standardization was addressed by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that funded the development of a hospital survey that enables public reporting of patient satisfaction data for benchmarking purposes"; cites Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)-related articles by De Vries (Health Serv Res, 2005), Elliott et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005), Hurtado et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005), Levine et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005), O'Malley et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005, two articles), Darby et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005), Goldstein et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005), and Keller et al. (Health Serv Res, 2005); cites annotated list of CAHPS® articles from AHRQ-funded journal supplement (Health Serv Res, 2005) published as CAHPS® Hospital Survey: Researchers Describe the Development and Testing of the CAHPS® Hospital Survey, from AHRQ publication, Research Activities, Apr 2006, as published on AHRQ Web site; cites AHRQ publication, HCAHPS Reference Guide, 2005.] Select to access the abstract.

Karlsen KA, Hendrix TJ, O'Malley M. Medical error reporting in America: a changing landscape. Qual Manag Health Care 2009 Jan-Mar; 18(1):59-70. [Notes that "the federal government budgeted $20 million to fund a Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety within AHRQ with responsibilities for national goal setting, disseminating grants for patient safety research, and evaluating methods for identifying and preventing errors," citing AHRQ publication, Response of the Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force. Testimony of John Eisenberg MD, before Congress, February 22, 2000, as accessed on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)/Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP)-Related Articles

American Journal of Health Promotion
Meissner HI, Yabroff KR, Dodd KW, et al. Are patterns of health behavior associated with cancer screening? Am J Health Promot 2009 Jan-Feb; 23(3):168-75. [Uses adherence to USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2002) and other cancer screening recommendations in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006, as study measures.] Select to access the abstract.

Archives of Internal Medicine
Eliassen AH, Chen WY, Spiegelman D, et al. Use of aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and acetaminophen and risk of breast cancer among premenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study II. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan 26; 169(2):115-21; discussion 121. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence reviews on aspirin for primary prevention of colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2007) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors for the primary prevention of colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2007).] Select to access the abstract.

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Smith RA, Cokkinides V, Brawley OW. Cancer screening in the United States, 2009: a review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and issues in cancer screening. CA Cancer J Clin 2009 Jan-Feb; 59(1):27-41. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statements on genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility (Ann Intern Med, 2005), screening for colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008), and screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008); cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review on breast cancer screening (Ann Intern Med, 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Environmental Health
Middleton D, Sowell A, Uddin M, et al. Community testing: a commentary. J Environ Health 2008 Dec; 71(5):48-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 1996.]

Journal of Family Practice
Kerwin DR. How to prevent a delayed Alzheimer's diagnosis. J Fam Pract 2009 Jan; 58(1):9-15. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement Screening for Dementia, 2003, as published on AHRQ Web site, and USPSTF-sponsored evidence review on screening for dementia in primary care (Ann Intern Med, 2003).]

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Chiaradonna C. The Chlamydia cascade: enhanced STD prevention strategies for adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2008 Oct; 21(5):233-41. [Uses and cites USPSTF recommendations screening for chlamydial infection (Am J Prev Med, 2001); cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Chlamydial Infection, as published on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Rehab Management
George B, Malkenson G. Pressure ulcers, a clinical review. Rehab Manag 2008 Dec; 21(10):16-19. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Treatment of Pressure Ulcers, 1994, and follow-up article by Salcido (Adv Skin Wound Care, 2002), listed in "Additional Reading."]

Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC)-Related Articles

Archives of Internal Medicine
Bates DW. The effects of health information technology on inpatient care. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan 26; 169(2):105-7. [Cites EPC evidence review on the impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care by Chaudhry et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2006); cites AHRQ-funded article by Tierney et al. (JAMA, 1993).]

Amarasingham R, Plantinga L, Diener-West M, et al. Clinical information technologies and inpatient outcomes: a multiple hospital study. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan 26; 169(2):108-14. [Cites EPC evidence review on the impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care by Chaudhry et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2006); cites AHRQ-funded article by Koppel et al. (JAMA, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Weir CR, McCarthy CA. Using implementation safety indicators for CPOE implementation. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009 Jan; 35(1):21-8. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology, 2006); cites EPC evidence review on the impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care by Chaudhry et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2006).]

Pain Physician
Conn A, Buenaventura RM, Datta S, et al. Systematic review of caudal epidural injections in the management of chronic low back pain. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):109-35. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Benyamin RM, Singh V, Parr AT, et al. Systematic review of the effectiveness of cervical epidurals in the management of chronic neck pain. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):137-57. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Parr AT, Diwan S, Abdi S. Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity pain: a systematic review. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):163-88. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Smith HS, Chopra P, Patel VB, et al. Systematic review of the role of sedation in diagnostic spinal interventional techniques. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):195-206. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Helm S, Hayek SM, Benyamin RM, et al. Systematic review of the effectiveness of thermal annular procedures in treating discogenic low back pain. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):207-32. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Buenaventura RM, Datta S, Abdi S, et al. Systematic review of therapeutic lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Pain Physician 2009 Jan-Feb; 12(1):233-51. [Uses AHRQ criteria for assessment of observational studies as published in and adapted from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002, and USPSTF levels of evidence as published in article by Berg et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)/National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR)-Related Articles

Nursing Administration Quarterly
Berger AM, Branowicki PA. Linking equitability to quality: the development of a pediatric nursing e-quality measure. Nurs Adm Q 2009 Jan-Mar; 33(1):18-25. [Cites NHDR, 2007.] Select to access the abstract.

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care
Butler C, Kim-Godwin Y, Fox JA. Exploration of health care concerns of Hispanic women in a rural southeastern North Carolina community. J Rural Nurs Health Care 2008 Fall; 8(2): 22-32. [Cites NHDR, 2004.]

Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products

Anesthesiology
Rosero EB, Adesanya AO, Timaran CH, et al. Trends and outcomes of malignant hyperthermia in the United States, 2000 to 2005. Anesthesiology 2009 Jan; 110(1):89-94. [Uses 2000-2005 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data to identify patients discharged with a diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Welke KF, Diggs BS, Karamlou T, et al. Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standards. Ann Thorac Surg 2009 Jan; 87(1):216-22; discussion 222-3. [Uses and cites 1988-2005 HCUP NIS and Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) 2003 data; cites AHRQ-funded article by Rosenthal et al. (Health Affairs, 2004).] Select to access the abstract.

Critical Care Medicine
Snijders C, Kollen BJ, van Lingen RA, et al. Which aspects of safety culture predict incident reporting behavior in neonatal intensive care units? A multilevel analysis. Crit Care Med 2009 Jan; 37(1):61-7. [Uses a translated, validated version of AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture; cites AHRQ publications, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, 2004, and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report, both prepared by Westat under contract with AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Zilberberg MD. Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among U.S. adults, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 Jan; 15(1):122-24. [Uses and cites AHRQ 2006 HCUP NIS data as published on the HCUPNet Web site to examine the trends in Clostridium difficile hospitalizations beyond 2005 estimations; cites AHRQ's Welcome to H-CUPNet, as published on AHRQ Web site.]

Health Affairs
Paez KA, Zhao L, Hwang W. Rising out-of-pocket spending for chronic conditions: a ten-year trend. Health Aff 2009 Jan-Feb; 28(1):15-25. [Uses 2005 MEPS data and makes comparisons to previously published MEPS data; cites AHRQ publications Design and Methods of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997) and MEPS data documentation HC-006, 1996 Medical Conditions, 1999).] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Hussain T, Michel G, Shiffman RN. The Yale Guideline Recommendation Corpus: A representative sample of the knowledge content of guidelines. Int J Med Inform 2009 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print. Utilizes guidelines downloaded from AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse™.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Schneider M, Vernon H, Ko G, et al. Chiropractic management of fibromyalgia syndrome: a systematic review of the literature. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2009 Jan; 32(1):25-40. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse™ to identify published guidelines for the management of fibromyalgia (FMS).] Select to access the abstract.

Pfefer MT, Cooper SR, Uhl NL. Chiropractic management of tendinopathy: a literature synthesis. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2009 Jan; 32(1):41-52. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse™ to identify guidelines on the treatment of tendinopathy.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Shen Y, Silverstein JC, Roth S. In-hospital complications and mortality after elective spinal fusion surgery in the united states: a study of the nationwide inpatient sample from 2001 to 2005. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2009 Jan; 21(1):21-30. [Uses 2001-2005 HCUP NIS data, AHRQ's comorbidity software (HCUP 2001-2006, 2006), and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998); cites AHRQ publications, National and Regional Statistics from the NIS, 2006, Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2005, Design of the NIS 2001-2005, 2006, Calculating Nationwide Inpatient Sample Variance, 2006, HCUP methods series report no. 2003 to 2002, and Using the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample to Estimate Trends, 2006, HCUP methods series report no. 2006 to 2005] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Cook C, Hawkins R, Aldridge JM 3rd, et al. Comparison of perioperative complications in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis who receive total elbow replacement. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2009 Jan-Feb; 18(1):21-6. [Uses 1988-2005 NIS data; cites AHRQ publications, HCUP Quality Control Procedures, 2003, Final 2000 NIS Comparison Report, HCUP methods series report no. 2003-1, and Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), as published on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Song HK, Diggs BS, Slater MS, et al. Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 Jan; 137(1):65-9. [Uses 1988-2005 HCUP data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Maternal and Child Health Journal
Wood DL, McCaskill QE, Winterbauer N, et al. A multi-method assessment of satisfaction with services in the medical home by parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Matern Child Health J 2009 Jan; 13(1):5-17. [Uses a battery of questions adapted from AHRQ's CAHPS®; cites AHRQ-authored article by Darby (Ambul Peds, 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrićia
Russomano F, Monteiro AC, Mousinho RO. [Cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells: a critical evaluation of diagnostic guidelines] Select to access the. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2008 Nov; 30(11):573-582. [Uses National Guideline Clearinghouse™ to identify "valid guidelines for the approach of women with cytopathological diagnosis of undetermined significance atypias in squamous cells."] Select to access the abstract.

Spine Journal
Shamji MF, Cook C, Pietrobon R, et al. Impact of surgical approach on complications and resource utilization of cervical spine fusion: a nationwide perspective to the surgical treatment of diffuse cervical spondylosis. Spine J 2009 Jan-Feb; 9(1):31-8. [Uses 2003-2005 HCUP NIS data; cites HCUP Quality Control Procedures, 2003, and Final 2000 NIS Comparison Report), HCUP methods series report no. 2003-1, as published on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.