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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Brandon T. Sanford, Alana M. Rojewski, Amanda M. Palmer, Nathaniel L. Baker, Matthew J. Carpenter, Tracy T. Smith, Benjamin A. Toll
Summary: This study examined the screening rates for E-cigarette use during routine primary care visits and found that the rates were significantly lower than those for tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. Additionally, it was found that patients who used combustible tobacco or illicit substances, as well as younger patients, were more likely to be screened for E-cigarette use.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Zhi-Fang Li, Xin-Hua Jia, Xiangxian Feng, Shaokai Zhang, Xun Zhang, Qin-Jing Pan, Xun-Wen Zou, Yue-Qing Hao, Xi-Bin Sun, You-Lin Qiao
Summary: This study compared the clinical performance of three strategies (primary HPV testing, primary cytology, and co-testing) for cervical cancer screening. The results showed that primary HPV testing and co-testing had similar sensitivity for detecting CIN2+, which was significantly higher than primary cytology. Primary HPV testing had better specificity, colposcopy referral rate, and number of colposcopies required to detect one case compared to co-testing. For CIN3+, both primary HPV testing and co-testing had 100% sensitivity and specificity, which was significantly higher than primary cytology.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Maria E. Garcia, Ladson Hinton, John Neuhaus, Mitchell Feldman, Jennifer Livaudais-Toman, Leah S. Karliner
Summary: This study examined the depression screening rates among populations at risk for undertreatment of depression after implementing a general screening policy. Results showed that over time, depression screening increased dramatically for at-risk groups, and most disparities had disappeared.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jessica Mooney, Roger Yau, Haseeb Moiz, Farah Kidy, Andrew Evans, Sarah Hillman, Dan Todkill, Saran Shantikumar
Summary: This study investigated the correlation between socioeconomic deprivation and the rate of prescribing of individual pharmaceutical drugs and drug classes in primary care in England. The results revealed novel associations between prescribing and deprivation, with some drugs showing higher prescribing rates in more deprived areas and others in more affluent areas. Further research is needed to identify the underlying reasons for these associations and develop appropriate interventions to address healthcare inequality.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
A. Caroline Rudisill, Meredith G. A. Eicken, Deeksha Gupta, Mark Macauda, Stella Self, Ann Blair Kennedy, Darin Thomas, Elise Kao, Mia Jeanty, Jackson Hartley
Summary: This study identified key issues in the implementation of SDOH screening in primary care, including the completeness of screening and its correlation with patient and care team characteristics.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Brittany Chatterton, Alicia Agnoli, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Joshua J. Fenton
Summary: Unhealthy alcohol use among US adults is not adequately screened and counseled during primary care visits. Interventions are needed to increase uptake of alcohol screening recommendations.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kimberly A. Kenne, Linder Wendt, J. Brooks Jackson
Summary: According to a study, the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders (PFD) in adult women is influenced by factors such as age, race, BMI, and parity. Bowel dysfunction is the most common PFD, followed by urinary incontinence (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Older age and higher BMI are associated with an increased risk of PFD, except for BMI and prolapse.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Immunology
Marianne A. Messelink, Paco M. J. Welsing, Giovanna Devercelli, Jan Willem N. Marsden, Helen L. Leavis
Summary: The study aimed to clinically validate and optimize a PAD screening algorithm by applying it to a primary care database in the Netherlands in order to reduce diagnostic delay.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Lauren Bifulco, Daren R. Anderson, Mary L. Blankson, Veena Channamsetty, Jacquelyn W. Blaz, Tam T. Nguyen-Louie, Sarah Hudson Scholle
Summary: This study evaluated a 2-step process for chronic pain screening and follow-up in primary care, finding that this systematic screening method can help identify patients with previously undocumented chronic pain.
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Respiratory System
Alexandra Lenoir, Hannah Whittaker, Alicia Gayle, Debbie Jarvis, Jennifer K. Quint
Summary: Non-exacerbating patients with COPD have lower mortality rates and are less likely to die from respiratory causes but more likely to die from malignancies and cardiovascular diseases.
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Pediatrics
Alex R. Kemper, Cody A. Hostutler, Kristen Beck, Cynthia A. Fontanella, Jeffrey A. Bridge
Summary: Adolescent depression screening may miss those with unidentified suicide risk, while suicide risk screening can identify cases not identified by depression screening.
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Pediatrics
Alex R. Kemper, Tiasha Barik Letostak, Cody A. Hostutler, Kevin G. Stephenson, Eric M. Butter
Summary: This study evaluated the evidence regarding anxiety screening test accuracy in primary care for children and adolescents, as well as the effectiveness of treatment for individuals identified through screening. The results indicate significant gaps in evidence related to anxiety screening in the primary care setting.
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Swathi Eluri, Sumana Reddy, Corey C. Ketchem, Manaswita Tappata, Hanna G. Nettles, Ariel E. Watts, Cary C. Cotton, Evan S. Dellon, Nicholas J. Shaheen
Summary: This study found that only 39% of eligible patients for Barrett's esophagus screening underwent upper esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), with most of the examinations being triggered by refractory symptoms. Improved dissemination and implementation of BE screening are needed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Chiamaka Chiedozie, Mark E. Murphy, Tom Fahey, Frank Moriarty
Summary: The study found that GP practices in England typically use 130 different medications in the bulk of their prescribing, with higher DU90% associated with higher levels of low-priority prescribing and prescribing costs. Increasing use of personal formularies may enhance prescribing quality and reduce costs.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Nathaniel Hendrix, Brett Hauber, Christoph Lee, Aasthaa Bansal, David L. Veenstra
Summary: Sensitivity was the most important attribute for PCPs when ordering AI-enhanced screening products, but other key attributes also need to be considered. The majority of PCPs accept the use of AI to make determinations about likely negative mammograms without radiologist confirmation.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2021)