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Preventive Services Received by Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Disease
Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH;
Joanne M. Garrett, PhD;
Malcolm A. J. Dugliss, BS;
Christine A. Johnson, MD;
J. Marc Majure, MD;
Margaret W. Leigh, MD
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:27-32.
Objective To determine the proportion of adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) or sickle cell disease (SCD) who reported speaking with their physicians about health-promoting and risky behaviors and whether the rate of discussions varied by whether the main physician was a primary care provider or specialist.
Hypothesis Adolescents reporting a primary care provider as their main physician would be more likely to have received risk behavior counseling and other preventive services.
Design Survey.
Setting Comprehensive CF and SCD centers in 5 North Carolina referral hospitals.
Participants Three hundred twenty-one (74%) of 437 adolescents aged 12 through 19 years (mean age, 15.6 years; 51% male) with CF or SCD identified through center registries.
Main Outcome Measures Sources of health care, main physician, and recall of discussions with physicians regarding sexual issues, substance use, weight or dieting, safety issues, depression, and violence.
Results Adolescents with CF (53%) or SCD (46%) most commonly reported a specialist as their main physician. For those (83%) who saw their main physician in the past year, adolescents with SCD reported counseling rates ranging from 43% for sexuality to 15% for weapon carrying or fighting. For adolescents with CF, rates ranged from 65% for weight and dieting to 30% for sexuality and 6% for weapon carrying or fighting. Adolescents whose main physician was a primary care provider were no more or less likely to report counseling for any topic (all P>.05).
Conclusions Physicians, regardless of specialty, infrequently discussed common behavioral issues with these adolescents with CF or SCD. A coordinated effort between primary care physicians and specialists may be helpful in delivering optimal preventive services to this population.
From the Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Cincinnati, Ohio (Dr Britto); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Drs Garrett and Leigh and Mr Dugliss); Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (Dr Johnson); and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (Dr Majure).
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