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Articles of Interest

December 28, 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

Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Mora PA, Halm E, Leventhal H, et al. Elucidating the relationship between negative affectivity and symptoms: the role of illness-specific affective responses. Ann Behav Med 2007 Jul-Aug; 34(1):77-86. [Supported by grant R01 HS09973.]

Gerontologist
Wilson KB. Historical evolution of assisted living in the United States, 1979-present. Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):8-22. [Based on article prepared for AHRQ-funded working conference, Developing a Research Agenda to Shape and Improve Assisted Living, 2004, funded by conference grant 1 R13 HS014027-01.]

Hawes C, Phillips CD. Defining quality in assisted living: comparing apples, oranges, and broccoli. Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):40-50. [Supported by grants R01 HS10315-02 and 1 R13 HS014027-01.]

Cutler LJ. Physical environments of assisted living: research needs and challenges. Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):68-82. [Based on article prepared for AHRQ-funded working conference, Developing a Research Agenda to Shape and Improve Assisted Living, 2004, funded by conference grant 1 R13 HS014027-01.]

Hernandez M, Newcomer R. Assisted living and special populations: what do we know about differences in use and potential access barriers? Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):110-17. [Based on article prepared for AHRQ-funded working conference, Developing a Research Agenda to Shape and Improve Assisted Living, 2004, funded by conference grant 1 R13 HS014027-01 and grant 5 T32 HS00086.]

Kane RA, Chan J, Kane RL. Assisted living literature through May 2004: taking stock. Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):125-40. [Based on article prepared for AHRQ-funded working conference, Developing a Research Agenda to Shape and Improve Assisted Living, 2004, funded by conference grant 1 R13 HS014027-01.]

Kane RA, Wilson KB, Spector W. Developing a research agenda for assisted living. Gerontologist 2007 Dec; 47(Suppl 3):125-140. [Based on article prepared for AHRQ-funded working conference, Developing a Research Agenda to Shape and Improve Assisted Living, 2004, funded by conference grant 1 R13 HS014027-01; third author is researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets.]

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
Cohen SB, Makuc DM, Ezzati-Rice TM. Health insurance coverage during a 24-month period: a comparison of estimates from two national health surveys. Health Serv Outcomes Res Method 2007 Dec; 7(3-4):125-44. [First and third authors are director of and researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, respectively; uses Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data for 2001-2003.]

JAMA
McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, et al. Health of previously uninsured adults after acquiring Medicare coverage. JAMA 2007 Dec 26; 298(24):2886-94. [Supported by grant 5 T32 HS000020-21.]

Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Chi CL, Street WN, Ward MM. Building a hospital referral expert system with a Prediction and Optimization-Based Decision Support System algorithm. J Biomed Inform 2007 Oct 22; [Epub ahead of print. Supported by grant R01 HS015009.]

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Shahinian VB, Kuo YF, Freeman JL, et al. Characteristics of urologists predict the use of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007 Dec 1; 25(34):5359-65. [Supported by grant R24 HS011618.]

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Raji MA, Reyes-Ortiz CA, Kuo YF, et al. Depressive symptoms and cognitive change in older Mexican Americans. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2007 Sep; 20(3):145-52. [Supported by grant HS11618.]

Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Katz L, Ansari A. Survey of patient release information on radiation and security checkpoints. J Nuclear Med 2007 Dec; 48(12):14-23N. [Supported by contract 290-00-0011, task order 6; acknowledges support from Cynthia Palmer, researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets.]

AHRQ-Related Articles

American Family Physician
Pham CB, Dickman RL. Minimizing adverse drug events in older patients. Am Fam Physician 2007 Dec 15; 76(12):1837-44. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Zhan et al. (JAMA, 2001).]

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Bellino S, Zizza M, Rinaldi C, et al. Combined therapy of major depression with concomitant borderline personality disorder: comparison of interpersonal and cognitive psychotherapy. Can J Psychiatry 2007 Nov; 52(11):718-25. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Depression in Primary Care, Volume 2: Treatment of Major Depression, 1993.]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Leatherman S, Sutherland K. Designing national quality reforms: a framework for action. Int J Qual Health Care 2007 Dec; 19(6):334-40. [Cites AHRQ publication, Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, 2005.]

Glickman SW, Baggett KA, Krubert CG, et al. Promoting quality: the health-care organization from a management perspective. Int J Qual Health Care 2007 Dec; 19(6):341-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Pronovost et al. (J Crit Care, 2003) and Bates and Gawande (N Engl J Med, 2003).]

Cortoos PJ, Simoens S, Peetermans W, et al. Implementing a hospital guideline on pneumonia: a semi-quantitative review. Int J Qual Health Care 2007 Dec; 19(6):358-67. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Palmer, Zhan, and Elixhauser (Clin Ther, 2000) and AHRQ-funded article by Fine et al. (Am J Med, 2003).]

Journal of Patient Safety
Elnour AA, Ellahham NH, Al Qassas HI. Implementation of medication error reporting through Med Safe Tool: the clinical pharmacists and the inpatient nursing staff collaborative approach. J Patient Saf 2007 Dec; 3(4):177-83. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Bates et al. (JAMA, 1997 and 1995), Poon et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2006), and Kaushal et al. (JAMA, 2001).]

Marella WM, Finley E, Thomas AD, et al. Health care consumers' inclination to engage in selected patient safety practices: a survey of adults in Pennsylvania. J Patient Saf 2007 Dec; 3(4):184-9. [Cites AHRQ publication, 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors, 2000, as accessed on AHRQ Web site, and AHRQ/Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) publication, 2006 Update on Consumers' Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information, 2006, as posted on the KFF Web site.]

Grant MC, Larsen GY. Clinical information transfer and medication reconciliation in patients transferred from the pediatric intensive care unit. J Patient Saf 2007 Dec; 3(4):195-9. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Pronovost et al. (Qual Saf Health Care, 2003).]

Nursing Economics
Wurster J. What role can nurse leaders play in reducing th4e incidence of pressure sores? Nurs Econ 2007 Sep-Oct; 25(5):267-9. [Cites Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief, Hospitalizations Related to Pressure Sores, 2003.]

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
Dulko D. Audit and feedback as a clinical practice guideline implementation strategy: a model for acute nurse practitioners. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2007; 4(4):200-9. [Cites the finding that two decades may pass before the findings of original research become part of routine clinical practice, referring to the Evidence-based Practice section of the AHRQ Web site; cites AHRQ guideline Management of Cancer Pain, 1994.]

Resources for evidence-based practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2007; 4(4):224-5. [Notes AHRQ funding of the National Consortium for Pediatric and Adolescent Evidence-Based Practice, listed as a resource along with AHRQ publications, Five Steps to Safer Health Care and Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know It When You See It, as accessed from the AHRQ Web site.]

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

Family Practice Recertification
DuVal T, Brennan M, Bellantonio S. Preventive care in older adults: what and when? Fam Pract Recert 2007 Oct; 29(10):9 printed pages. [Notes that guidelines by the USPSTF and other organizations often fail to address patients 80 or older and merely extrapolate recommendations from younger populations without specific consideration for older adults; cites and discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and osteoporosis, as published in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 1996.]

JAMA
Ding EL, Hu FB. Smoking and type 2 diabetes: underrecognized risks and disease burden. JAMA 2007 Dec 12; 298(22):2675-6. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Diabetes Mellitus, Adult Type 2, 2003.]

Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Wall MP. Predictors of functional performance in community-dwelling people with COPD. J Nurs Scholarsh 2007 Sep; 39(3):222-8. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on depression screening (Ann Intern Med, 2002).]

Journal of Women's Health
Tsui J, Saraiya M, Thompson T, et al. Cervical cancer screening among foreign-born women by birthplace and duration in the United States. J Womens Health 2007 Dec; 16(10):1447-57. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer as published in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2005, on AHRQ Web site.]

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
Melnyk BM. The latest evidence on hourly rounding and rapid response teams in decreasing adverse events in hospitals. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2007; 4(4):220-3. [Cites review of USPSTF methodology (Am J Prev Med, 2001).]

Primary Care Reports
Lawhorne LW. Alzheimer's disease in the primary care setting. Prim Care Rep 2007 Dec 1; 13(12):23 printed pages. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on dementia screening as posted on AHRQ Web site.]

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

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Tseng CL, Helmer D, Rajan M, et al. Evaluation of regional variation in total, major, and minor amputation rates in a national health-care system. Int J Qual Health Care 2007 Dec; 19(6):368-76. [Cites AHRQ's NHQR, 2005.]

JAMA
Gaskin DJ. Eliminating healthcare disparities in America: beyond the IOM report [book review.]. JAMA 2007 Dec 26; 298(24):2917-8. [Mentions that specific chapters of the book highlight the political pressure [AHRQ.] received from conservatives to minimize the issue of health care disparities and discuss the roles and responsibilities of AHRQ and other federal agencies.]

Research By Others Using AHRQ Data or Products

American Journal of Gastroenterology
Wang YR, Fisher RS, Parkman HP. Gastroparesis-related hospitalizations in the United States: trends, characteristics, and outcomes, 1995-2004. Am J Gastroenterol 2007 Nov 28; 102. [Epub ahead of print. Uses HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data for 1995-2004.]

American Journal of Medicine
Shibao C, Grijalva CG, Raj SR, et al. Orthostatic hypotension-related hospitalizations in the Unites States. Am J Med 2007 Nov; 120(11):975-80. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 2004.]

Anaesthesia
Ho KM, Finn J, Knuiman M, et al. Combining multiple comorbidities with Acute Physiology Score to predict hospital mortality of critically ill patients: a linked data cohort study. Anaesthesia 2007 Nov; 62(11):1095-100. [Uses the Elixhauser comorbidity index (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).]

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Noskin GA, Rubin RJ, Schentag JJ, et al. National trends in Staphylococcus aureus infection rates: impact on economic burden and mortality over a 6-year period (1998-2003). Clin Infect Dis 2007 Nov 1; 45(9):1132-40. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 1998-2003.]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
French DD, Bass E, Bradham DD, et al. Rehospitalization after hip fracture: predictors and prognosis from a national veterans study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print. Uses the Elixhauser comorbidity index (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and associated software available on the AHRQ Web site.]

Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Okunseri C, Pajewski NM, McGinley EL, et al. Racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported pediatric orthodontic visits in the United States. J Public Health Dent 2007 Fall; 67(4):217-23. [Uses MEPS data for 1996-2004.]

Journal of Surgical Research
Syin D, Woreta T, Chang DC, et al. Publication bias in surgery: implications for informed consent. J Surg Res 2007 Nov; 143(1):88-93. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 1998-2003.]

Journal of Women's Health
McCollum M, Hansen LB, Ghushchyan V, et al. Inconsistent health perceptions for U.S. women and men with diabetes. J Womens Health 2007 Dec; 16(10):1421-8. [Uses MEPS data for 2001 and 2003.]

Pancreas
Fagenholz PJ, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Harris S, et al. Direct medical costs of acute pancreatitis hospitalizations in the United States. Pancreas 2007 Nov; 35(4):302-7. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 2003.]

Spine
Daniels AH, Arthur M, Hart RA. Variability in rates of arthrodesis for patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures with and without associated neurologic injury. Spine 2007 Oct 1; 32(21):2334-8. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 1998-2002.]

Surgery
Knipp BS, Deeb GM, Prager RL, et al. A contemporary analysis of outcomes for operative repair of type A aortic dissection in the United States. Surgery 2007 Oct; 142(4):524-8. [Uses HCUP NIS data for 1995-2003.]

Current as of December 2007

Internet Citation:

Articles of Interest, December 28, 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/articles/art122807.htm