Effect of a Computer-Based Decision Support Intervention on Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening in Pediatric Primary Care Clinics: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Universal early screening for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is recommended but not routinely performed.

Objective

To determine whether computer-automated screening and clinical decision support can improve ASD screening rates in pediatric primary care practices.

Design, setting, and participants

This cluster randomized clinical trial, conducted between November 16, 2010, and November 21, 2012, compared ASD screening rates among a random sample of 274 children aged 18 to 24 months in urban pediatric clinics of an inner-city county hospital system with or without an ASD screening module built into an existing decision support software system. Statistical analyses were conducted from February 6, 2017, to June 1, 2018.

Interventions

Four clinics were ma

SUBMITTER: Downs SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991212 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature