{"title":"Nurse-led intervention increases smoking cessation among people with coronary heart disease $","authors":"David W. Brown","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"60 1","pages":"128-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78881625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High intensity counselling or behavioural interventions can result in moderate weight loss","authors":"E. Slevin","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"03 1","pages":"136-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85910357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthcare quality improvement programme improves monitoring of people with diabetes","authors":"P. Denig","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"13 1","pages":"122-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88941345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation of office ventilation systems reduces work-related mucosal and respiratory symptoms","authors":"K. Kühn, I. Chaberny","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"29 5 1","pages":"148-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81443025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breast-feeding has little effect on blood pressure in later life☆","authors":"U. Das","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"182 1","pages":"145-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75459177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do For-profit health plans restrict access to high-cost procedures?","authors":"Antonio J Trujillo PhD (Commentary Author)","doi":"10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Question</h3><p>Do for-profit health plans restrict access to high-cost procedures compared with not-for-profit health plans?</p></div><div><h3>Study design</h3><p>Cohort study.</p></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><p>In unadjusted analyses, for-profit health plan beneficiaries had higher rates of all high-cost procedures than not-for-profit health plan beneficiaries; the difference was significant for 4 out of 12 procedures (see Table 1). Rates of usage remained higher in for-profit plans after adjustment for participants’ sociodemographic factors, county of residence, and health plan characteristics (see Table 1).<span><div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Table 1</strong> Difference in rates of high-cost procedures between for-profit plans and not-for-profit plans.</td></tr><tr><td>Procedure</td><td>Difference per 10,000 beneficiaries (95% CI)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Unadjusted</td><td>Adjusted for sociodemographic factors<sup>∗</sup></td><td>Adjusted for health plan characteristics<sup>†</sup>, sociodemographic</td><td>Adjusted for county of residence<sup>‡</sup>, sociodemographic factors, health plan characteristics</td></tr><tr><td>Hysterectomy</td><td>2.6 (−0.3 to 5.5)</td><td>2.7 (−0.2 to 5.6)</td><td>2.2 (−1.0 to 5.4)</td><td>2.5 (0.6 to 4.3)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Prostatectomy</td><td>4.3 (−1.4 to 10.1)</td><td>3.8 (−1.9 to 9.6)</td><td>3.3 (−3.1 to 9.8)</td><td>6.3 (0.2 to 12.3)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Closed cholecystectomy</td><td>5.8 (−0.2 to 11.9)</td><td>6.1 (0.1 to 12.1)<sup>§</sup></td><td>7.0 (0.4 to 13.6)<sup>§</sup></td><td>7.7 (3.4 to 11.9)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Open cholecystectomy</td><td>0.8 (−1.6 to 3.1)</td><td>0.8 (−1.5 to 3.2)</td><td>0.6 (−2.1 to 3.3)</td><td>1.9 (−0.1 to 3.8)</td></tr><tr><td>Partial colectomy</td><td>4.0 (−1.0 to 9.0)</td><td>4.4 (−0.6 to 9.4)</td><td>6.0 (0.3 to 11.6)<sup>§</sup></td><td>8.4 (4.8 to 12.0)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Reduction of femur fracture</td><td>2.6 (−2.9 to 8.2)</td><td>6.0 (0.5 to 11.4)<sup>§</sup></td><td>5.3 (−0.9 to 11.4)</td><td>6.4 (1.1 to 11.6)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Total knee replacement</td><td>5.1 (−1.0 to 11.2)</td><td>5.1 (−0.9 to 11.2)</td><td>5.7 (−0.9 to 12.4)</td><td>8.3 (3.1 to 13.6)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Total hip replacement</td><td>2.4 (−5.1 to 10.0)</td><td>3.0 (−4.5 to 10.5)</td><td>2.3 (−6.2 to 10.9)</td><td>5.4 (0.8 to 9.9)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Cardiac catheterisation</td><td>31.6 (9.0 to 54.2)<sup>§</sup></td><td>31.0 (8.7 to 53.3)<sup>§</sup></td><td>15.2 (−9.2 to 39.5)</td><td>26.5 (14.1 to 38.9)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Coronary artery bypass grafting</td><td>10.3 (2.5 to 15.1)<sup>§</sup></td><td>10.7 (3.1 to 18.3)<sup>§</sup></td><td>7.6 (−1.0 to 16.2)</td><td>6.3 (0 to 12.7)<sup>§</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty</td><td>8.5 (1.0 to 16.1)<sup>§</sup></td><td>9.0 (1.6 to 16.4)<sup>§</sup></td><td>6.0 (−2.3 to 14.3)</td><td>2.6 (−2.8 to 8.0)</td></tr><t","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"8 3","pages":"Pages 116-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71829092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk of AIDS increases in children aged 2 years and older with CD4 T cell percentage less than 15%","authors":"William J Moss MD,MPH (Commentary Author) , Deborah Persaud MD (Commentary Author)","doi":"10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.019","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Question</h3><p>What is the short-term risk of disease progression in children infected perinatally with HIV-1?</p></div><div><h3>Study design</h3><p>Meta-analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><p>Eight cohort studies and nine randomized controlled trials in 3941 children infected perinatally with HIV-1 were identified. The risk of AIDS or death increased across all age groups with decreasing CD4 T cell percentage (CD4%). Children aged ≤2 years had the most pronounced increase in risk within 12 months with decreasing CD4% compared with children aged 5 to 10 years (CD4%<span><sup>1</sup></span> at which probability of death increases: 20% to 25% for children aged 6 months to 2 years vs. 10% to 15% for children aged 5 to 10 years; CD4% at which probability of AIDS increases: 25% to 30% for children aged 6 months to 2 years vs. 12% to 20% for children aged 5 to 10 years). Risk of disease progression increased with increasing viral load although the correlation was more gradual compared with CD4%.</p></div><div><h3>Authors’ conclusions</h3><p>Risk of disease progression in children infected with HIV-1 is strongly associated with low CD4%, particularly in children aged ≤2 years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"8 3","pages":"Pages 168-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71829103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk of venous thromboembolism greatest within two weeks of long-haul flight☆","authors":"F. Paganin","doi":"10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHBC.2004.03.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"77 1","pages":"133-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81261517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthcare quality improvement programme improves monitoring of people with diabetes","authors":"Petra Denig PhD (Commentary Author)","doi":"10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Question</h3><p>Does a healthcare quality improvement programme, incorporating education and claims-based feedback about practice-specific models of monitoring diabetes care, increase the regularity with which primary care physicians assess people with diabetes mellitus receiving Medicare benefits?</p></div><div><h3>Study design</h3><p>Cluster randomised controlled trial.</p></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><p>22, 971 Medicare recipients with diabetes who could be linked with one of 477 study physicians in 123 non-urban counties were identified. The health care quality improvement programme significantly improved monitoring of circulating glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in people with diabetes compared with a no-intervention comparison group (see Table 1). There was no significant difference in number of eye exams or monitoring of urine protein levels between groups.<span><div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Table 1</strong> Proportion of people tested with quality indicators at baseline and follow-up.</td></tr><tr><td>Quality indicator test</td><td>Health care quality improvement programme</td><td>Comparison Group</td><td>Difference in change from baseline between intervention and control groups (95% CI)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Proportion of people tested at baseline (%)</td><td>Proportion of people tested at follow up (%)</td><td>Change from baseline to follow up</td><td>Proportion of people tested at baseline (%)</td><td>Proportion of people tested at follow up (%)</td><td>Change from baseline to follow up</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>HbA1c</td><td>34.3</td><td>51.1</td><td>16.8</td><td>37.2</td><td>50.2</td><td>13.0</td><td>4.0 (0.7 to 7.3)</td></tr><tr><td>Eye exams</td><td>38.9</td><td>39.4</td><td>0.5</td><td>39.3</td><td>39.5</td><td>0.2</td><td>1.0 (-1.1 to 3.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Quantitative urine protein</td><td>2.8</td><td>4.6</td><td>1.8</td><td>2.7</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.1 (-2.1 to 3.0)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></p></div><div><h3>Authors’ conclusions</h3><p>The population-based health care quality improvement programme, incorporating education and claims-based feedback about practice-specific models of monitoring diabetes care, improved care of people with diabetes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100512,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based Healthcare","volume":"8 3","pages":"Pages 122-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ehbc.2004.03.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71829091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}