Effect of Electronic Screening With Personalized Feedback on Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors in a Primary Care Setting: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health risk behaviors are a leading cause of morbidity during adolescence. Screening and counseling for health risk behaviors are recommended but infrequently performed.

Objective

To test the effect of an electronic screening and feedback tool on clinician counseling and adolescent-reported health risk behaviors.

Design, setting, and participants

A randomized clinical trial compared electronic screening and feedback on an intention-to-treat basis with usual care among 300 youths 13 to 18 years of age at 5 pediatric clinics in the Pacific Northwest. Outcomes were assessed via electronic survey at 1 day and 3 months after the initial visit. Study data collection occurred from March 13, 2015, to November 29, 2016, and statistical analysis was conducted between

SUBMITTER: Richardson LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6512281 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature