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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 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedMeisel ZF, Shofer F, Dolan A
AHRQ Author: Rhodes KV
A multicentered randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of pain treatment communication tools in emergency department patients with back or kidney stone pain.
The purpose of this trial was to compare the effectiveness of three approaches for communicating opioid risk during an emergency department visit for a common painful condition. Participants were adult patients with kidney stone or musculoskeletal back pain, randomly assigned to one of three risk communication strategies: a personalized probabilistic risk visual aid, a visual aid and video narrative, or general risk information. Findings showed that an emergency medicine communication tool incorporating probabilistic risk and patient narratives was more effective than general information in mitigating preferences for opioids in the treatment of pain but was not more effective with respect to opioid use or risk recall.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Meisel ZF, Shofer F, Dolan A .
A multicentered randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of pain treatment communication tools in emergency department patients with back or kidney stone pain.
Am J Public Health 2022 Feb;112(S1):S45-s55. doi: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306511..
Keywords: Pain, Emergency Department, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Opioids, Comparative Effectiveness, Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication
Meeker D, Jiang X, Matheny ME
A system to build distributed multivariate models and manage disparate data sharing policies: implementation in the scalable national network for effectiveness research.
The authors’ objective was to implement infrastructure that supports the functionality of some existing research networks (e.g., cohort discovery, workflow management, and estimation of multivariate analytic models on centralized data) while adding additional important new features. They were able to implement massively parallel (map-reduce) computation methods and a new policy management system to enable each study initiated by network participants to define the ways in which data may be processed, managed, queried, and shared.
AHRQ-funded; HS019913.
Citation: Meeker D, Jiang X, Matheny ME .
A system to build distributed multivariate models and manage disparate data sharing policies: implementation in the scalable national network for effectiveness research.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2015 Nov;22(6):1187-95. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv017..
Keywords: Communication, Comparative Effectiveness, Data, Health Information Technology (HIT), Policy, Research Methodologies
Rosenbluth G, Bale JF, Starmer AJ
Variation in printed handoff documents: results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessment.
The objective of this study was to determine whether variability exists in the content of printed handoff documents and to identify key data elements that should be uniformly included in these documents. It identified substantial variation in both the structure and content of printed handoff documents. Only 4 of 23 possible data elements (17 percent) were uniformly present in all sites’ handoff documents.
AHRQ-funded; HS019456.
Citation: Rosenbluth G, Bale JF, Starmer AJ .
Variation in printed handoff documents: results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessment.
J Hosp Med 2015 Aug;10(8):517-24. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2380..
Keywords: Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Communication, Comparative Effectiveness, Care Coordination
Brody H, Croisant SA, Crowder JW
Ethical issues in patient-centered outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research: a pilot study of community dialogue.
Community bioethics dialogues were held on the topic of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative effectiveness research (CER). Participants were 65 and older and represented either a lower income, African American group or a higher income White group. The groups showed both independence in judgment from the investigators and diversity of opinion between the two groups.
AHRQ-funded; HS022134.
Citation: Brody H, Croisant SA, Crowder JW .
Ethical issues in patient-centered outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research: a pilot study of community dialogue.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2015 Feb;10(1):22-30. doi: 10.1177/1556264614568426..
Keywords: Communication, Comparative Effectiveness, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health
Arcia A, Velez M, Bakken S
Style guide: An interdisciplinary communication tool to support the process of generating tailored infographics from electronic health data using EnTICE3.
In this case study the authors describe key features of the structured communication tool—a style guide—used to support interdisciplinary collaboration. They propose the use of such a tool for research teams engaged in similar projects. They employ tailored infographics to present patient reported outcome data from a community health survey, in a comprehensible and actionable manner, to the individuals who provided it.
AHRQ-funded; HS019853; HS022961.
Citation: Arcia A, Velez M, Bakken S .
Style guide: An interdisciplinary communication tool to support the process of generating tailored infographics from electronic health data using EnTICE3.
eGEMS 2015 Jan 26;3(1):1120. doi: 10.13063/2327-9214.1120..
Keywords: Communication, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research