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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedShay LA, Street RL, Jr., Baldwin AS
Characterizing safety-net providers' HPV vaccine recommendations to undecided parents: a pilot study.
The researchers developed a tool to describe strength and content of provider HPV vaccination recommendations. The tool showed how providers undercut their recommendations through qualifications or support them with a rationale. The authors recommended that providers would benefit from communication skills training on how to make explicit recommendations with an evidence-based rationale.
AHRQ-funded; HS022418.
Citation: Shay LA, Street RL, Jr., Baldwin AS .
Characterizing safety-net providers' HPV vaccine recommendations to undecided parents: a pilot study.
Patient Educ Couns 2016 Sep;99(9):1452-60. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.06.027.
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Keywords: Practice Patterns, Vaccination, Infectious Diseases, Sexual Health, Clinician-Patient Communication, Guidelines, Evidence-Based Practice, Communication
Wu AC, Li L, Fung V
Mismatching among guidelines, providers, and parents on controller medication use in children with asthma.
The authors sought to assess provider prescribing patterns for asthma controller medications and to assess how frequently parental reports of children's asthma controller medicine use were mismatched with provider recommendations. They found that mismatches between parental reports and provider intentions regarding how the child was supposed to use inhaled steroids occurred for half of the children. They recommended that efforts focus on ways to reduce these mismatches.
AHRQ-funded; HS019669.
Citation: Wu AC, Li L, Fung V .
Mismatching among guidelines, providers, and parents on controller medication use in children with asthma.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016 Sep-Oct;4(5):910-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.04.004.
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Keywords: Asthma, Children/Adolescents, Guidelines, Medication, Practice Patterns
Kilaru AS, Gadsden SM, Perrone J
How do physicians adopt and apply opioid prescription guidelines in the emergency department? A qualitative study.
This qualitative study of emergency physicians attempted to gain insight into the adoption, use, and perceived relevance of opioid-prescribing guidelines. Most of the 61 participants interviewed in a convenience sample had a positive perspective on the intent and role of such guidelines and used them most commonly as communication tools with patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS021956.
Citation: Kilaru AS, Gadsden SM, Perrone J .
How do physicians adopt and apply opioid prescription guidelines in the emergency department? A qualitative study.
Ann Emerg Med 2014 Nov;64(5):482-89.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.03.015.
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Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Opioids, Pain, Guidelines, Practice Patterns
Pakyz AL, Ozcan YA
Use of data envelopment analysis to quantify opportunities for antibacterial targets for reduction of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection.
The authors conducted a cross-sectional study using claims data from 58 hospitals to create a benchmark strategy targeting high-risk antibacterials for C difficile. Seventeen hospitals were identified as best-practice hospitals. They found that the antibacterial classes requiring the greatest percentage reduction in use in non-best-practice hospitals versus best-practice hospitals were clindamycin, β-lactam/β-lactamase combinations, and carbapenems.
AHRQ-funded; HS018578.
Citation: Pakyz AL, Ozcan YA .
Use of data envelopment analysis to quantify opportunities for antibacterial targets for reduction of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection.
Am J Med Qual 2014 Sep-Oct;29(5):437-44. doi: 10.1177/1062860613502520.
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Keywords: Antibiotics, Clostridium difficile Infections, Guidelines, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Practice Patterns