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Articles of Interest

November 2, 2007

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

Academic Emergency Medicine
Rhodes KV, Kushner HM, Bisgaler J, et al. Characterizing emergency department discussions about depression. Acad Emerg Med 2007 Oct; 14(10):908-11. [Supported by grant R01 HS11096.]

Handrigan M, Slutsky J. Funding opportunities in knowledge translation: review of the AHRQ's Translating Research into Practice initiatives, competing funding agencies, and strategies for success. Acad Emerg Med 2007 Nov; 14(11):965-7. [Second author is director of AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Evidence.]

American Family Physician
Lin K. Does screening mammography benefit women in their 40s? Am Fam Physician 2007 Oct 1; 76(7):1038. [Author is researcher in AHRQ's Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships; cites USPSTF recommendation, Screening for Breast Cancer, 2002, as published on AHRQ Web site.]

American Journal of Managed Care
Grizzle AJ, Mahmood MH, Murphy JE, et al. Reasons provided by prescribers when overriding drug-drug interaction alerts. Am J Manag Care 2007 Oct; 13(10):573-80. [Supported by grant 2 U18 HS10385-01.]

American Journal of Medicine
Colon-Emeric CS, Lyles KW, House P, et al. Randomized trial to improve fracture prevention in nursing home residents. Am J Med 2007 Oct; 120(10):886-92. [Supported by grant 3 U18 HS10389-06S1.]

Assessment
Lambert MC, Essau CA, Schmitt N, et al. Dimensionality and psychometric invariance of the Youth Self-Report Form of the Child Behavior Checklist in cross-national settings. Assessment 2007 Sep; 14(3):231-45. [Supported by grant HS08385.]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Maddox TM, Reid KJ, Rumsfeld JS, et al. One-year health status outcomes of unstable angina versus myocardial infarction: a prospective, observational cohort study of ACS survivors. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2007 Sep 12; 7:28. [Supported by grant R01 HS11282-01.]

Journal of the American Dental Association
Jones M, Lee JY, Rozier RG. Dental health literacy among adult patients seeking dental care. J Am Dent Assoc 2007 Sep; 138(9):1199-208). [T32 HS000032.]

Journal of Midwidfery and Women's Health
Bussey CG, Bell JF, Lydon-Rochelle MT. Certified nurse midwife-attended births: trends in Washington State, 1995-2004. J Midwifery Womens Health 2007 Sept-Oct; 52(5):444-50. [Supported by grant T32 HS013853-01.]

Medical Care
Arozullah AM, Yarnold PR, Bennett CL, et al. Development and validation of a short-form, rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine. Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1026-33. [Supported by grant R01 HS13004.]

Hudson JL, Miller E, Kirby JB. Explaining racial and ethnic differences in children's use of stimulant medications. Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1068-75. [Authors are researchers in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends.]

Psychiatric Services
Rubenstein LV, Rayburn NR, Keeler EB, et al. Predicting outcomes of primary care patients with major depression: development of a depression prognosis index. Psychiatr Serv 2007 Aug; 58(8):1049-56. [Supported by grant R01 HS08349.]

Luo Z, Goddeeris J, Gardiner JC, et al. costs of an intervention for primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomized controlled trial. Psychiatr Serv 2007 Aug; 58(8):1079-86. [Supported by grant HS14206.]

Qualify of Life Research
Crane PK, Cetin K, Cook KF, et al. Differential item functioning impact in a modified version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. Qual Life Res 2007 Aug; 16(6):981-90. [Supported by HS09499.]

Research on Aging
O Malley AJ, Marcantonio ER, Murkofsky RL, et al. Deriving a model of the necessity to hospitalize nursing home residents. Res Aging 2007 Nov; 29(6):606-25. [Supported by grant R01 HS10645.]

AHRQ-Related Articles

American Journal of Managed Care
Kmetik KS, Chung J, Sims S. The performance of performance measures. Am J Manag Care2007 Oct; 13(10):547-9. [First author reports being the principal investigator for an AHRQ-funded grant.]

Journal of Family Practice
Coffay AO. Smoking cessation: tactics that make a big difference. J Fam Pract 2007 Oct; 56(10):817-24. [Cites/discusses recommendations in PHS guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2000.]

Medical Care
Li Y, Cai X, Glance LG, et al. Gender differences in healthcare-seeking behavior for urinary incontinence and the impact of socioeconomic status: a study of the Medicare managed care population. Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1116-22. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Urinary Incontinence in Adults: Acute and Chronic Management, 1996 Update, 1996; cites AHRQ-authored articles by Fiscella, Franks, and Clancy (Med Care, 1998) and Bierman, Lawrence (researcher in AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Evidence), and Haffer (Health Serv Res, 2001).]

Pippins JR, Alegria M, Haas JS. Association between language proficiency and the quality of primary care among a national sample of insured Latinos. Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1020-5. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Fiscella, et al. (Med Care, 2002) and AHRQ-authored article by Brach, Fraser, and Paez (Health Aff, 2005).]

Physical Therapy
Salbach NM, Jaglal SB, Korner-Bitensky N, et al. Practitioner and organizational barriers to evidence-based practice of physical therapists for people with stroke. Phys Ther 2007 Oct; 87(10):1284-303. [Cites articles by Duncan, et al. (Stroke, 2002) and Reker, et al. (Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2002) using AHRQ guideline, Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, 1995.]

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

American Family Physician
Winslow BT, Voorhees, KI, Pehl KA. Methamphetamine abuse. Am Fam Physician 2007 Oct 15; 76(8):1169-74. [Cites USPSTF recommendation, Screening for Drug Abuse, 1996, as published on AHRQ Web site.]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to increase testing and identification of HIV-positive individuals through partner counseling and referral services. Am J Prev Med 2007 Aug; 33(2 Suppl):S88. [Cites USPSTF recommendation, Screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, 2000, as published on AHRQ Web site.]

Medical Care
Garnich DW, Horgan CM, Merrrick EL, et al. Identification and treatment of mental and substance use conditions: health plans strategies. Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1060-7. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored article "Screening for depression in adults: a summary of the evidence" for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Ann Intern Med, 2002).]

Evidence-based Practice Centers-Related Articles

Academic Emergency Medicine
Rowe BH, Diner B, Camargo CA Jr, et al. Effective synthesized/preappraised evidence formats in emergency medicine and the use of supplemental knowledge translation techniques. Acad Emerg Med 2007 Nov; 14(11):1023-9. [States that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality maintains an electronic resources containing the systematic reviews and HTAs performed over the past decade by the evidence-based practice centers. These reviews are comprehensive, and many actually contain EM content.]

American Family Physician
Bouknight P, Mackler L, Heffington M. Best alternatives to statins for treating hyperlipidemia. Am Fam Physician 2007 Oct 1; 76(7):1027-9. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Garlic: Effects on Cardiovascular Risks and Disease, Protective Effects Against Cancer, and Clinical Adverse Effects, 2000.]

Ebell MH. Predicting the likelihood of successful vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. Am Fam Physician 2007 Oct 15; 76(8):1192-4. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, 2003.]

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Lusskin SI, Punkiak TM, Habib SM. Perinatal depression: hiding in plain sight. Can J Psychiatry 2007 Aug; 52(8:479-88. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes, 2005.]

Journal of Family Practice
Whitworth JD, Crownover BK, Nichols W. Which nondrug alternatives can help with insomnia? J Fam Pract 2007 Oct; 56(10):836. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Manifestations of Chronic Insomnia in Adults, 2005.]

Natural Foods Merchandiser
Spano M. The brittle truth about osteoporosis and osteopenia. Nat Foods Merchandiser 2007 Oct; 28(10):38. [[Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Effects of Soy on Health Outcomes, 2005.]

Research By Others Using AHRQ Data or Products

Circulation
Larrazabal LA, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, et al. Improvement in congenital heart surgery in a developing country; the Guatemalan experience. Circulation 2007 Oct 23; 116(7):1882-7. [Uses 2000 data from AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Kids Inpatient Database (KID).]

Economic Inquiry
Daneshvary N, Clauretie TM. Gender differences in the valuation of employer-provided health insurance. Econ Inquiry 2007 Oct; 45(4):800-16. [Uses 2001 data from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).]

Electrophoresis
Berthier-Schaad Y, Kao WH, Coresh J, et al. Reliability of high-throughput genotyping of whole genome amplified DNA in SNP genotyping studies. Electrophoresis 2007 Aug; 28(16):2812-7. [Uses cohort of endstage renal disease patients from the CHOICE study, supported by grant R01 HS08365.]

Hypertension
Cappuccio FP, Stranges S, Kandala NB, et al. Gender-specific associations of short sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension: the Whitehall II Study. Hypertension 2007 Oct; 693-700. [Uses cohort data from phases 5 and 7 of the Whitehall II study, supported by grant HS06516.]

Injury Prevention
Shah S, Sinclair SA, Smith GA, et al. Pediatric hospitalizations for bicycle-related injuries. Inj Prev 2007 Oct; 13(5):316-21. [Uses 2003 HCUP KID data.]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Sun VC, Borneman T, Ferrell B, et al. Overcoming barriers to cancer pain management: an institutional change model. J Pain Symptom Manag 2007 Oct; 34(4):359-69. [Uses the categories for classifying barriers to cancer pain relief as presented in AHRQ guideline, Cancer Pain Management, 1994.]

Medical Care
Polsky D, Lave J, Lusaritz H, et al. Is lower 30-day mortality posthospital admission among blacks unique to the Veterans Affairs health care system? Med Care 2007 Nov; 45(11):1083-9. [Uses HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and the Elixhauser comorbidity adjustment method (Elixhauser, et al., Med Care, 1998); cites AHRQ's Quality Indicators; cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR), 2006.]

Neurosurgery Focus
Lad SP, Patil CG, Ho C, et al. Tethered cord syndrome: nationwide inpatient complications and outcomes. Neurosurg Focus 2007 Sep; 23(2):e3:1-5. [Uses 1993-2002 HCUP NIS data.]

Patil CG, Lad SP, Harsh GR, et al. National trends, complications, and outcomes following transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease from 1993 to 2002. Neurosurg Focus 2007 Sep; 23(3):e7:1-5. [Uses 1993-2002 HCUP NIS data.]

Pediatric Cardiology
Benavidez OJ, Gauvreau K, Bacha E, et al. Application of a complication screening method to congenital heart surgery admissions: a preliminary report. Pediatr Cardiol 2007 Oct 3; {Epub ahead of print. Uses 2000 HCUP KID data and a validated method for complication screening via IDC-9 CM codes published by AHRQ in Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Vol. 2; Concepts and Methodology, 2005; cites AHRQ-authored articles by Miller, Elixhauser, and Zhan (Pediatrics, 2003) and Miller and Zhan (Pediatrics, 2004).]

Current as of November 2007

Internet Citation:

Articles of Interest, November 2, 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/articles/art110207.htm