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Family history tools for primary care: A systematic review.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Many medical family history (FH) tools are available for various settings. Although FH tools can be a powerful health screening tool in primary care (PC), they are currently underused.

Objectives

This review explores the FH tools currently available for PC and evaluates their clinical performance.

Methods

Five databases were systematically searched until May 2021. Identified tools were evaluated on the following criteria: time-to-complete, integration with electronic health record (EMR) systems, patient administration, risk-assessment ability, evidence-based management recommendations, analytical and clinical validity and clinical utility.

Results

We identified 26 PC FH tools. Analytical and clinical validity was poorly reported and agreement between FH and gold standard was commonly inadequately reported and assessed. Sensitivity was acceptable; specificity was found in half of the reviewed tools to be poor. Most reviewed tools showed a capacity to successfully identify individuals with increased risk of disease (6.2-84.6% of high and/or moderate or increased risk individuals).

Conclusion

Despite the potential of FH tools to improve risk stratification of patients in PC, clinical performance of current tools remains limited as well as their integration in EMR systems. Twenty-one FH tools are designed to be self-administered by patients.

SUBMITTER: Mirosevic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090347 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Family history tools for primary care: A systematic review.

Miroševič Špela Š   Klemenc-Ketiš Zalika Z   Peterlin Borut B  

The European journal of general practice 20221201 1


<h4>Background</h4>Many medical family history (FH) tools are available for various settings. Although FH tools can be a powerful health screening tool in primary care (PC), they are currently underused.<h4>Objectives</h4>This review explores the FH tools currently available for PC and evaluates their clinical performance.<h4>Methods</h4>Five databases were systematically searched until May 2021. Identified tools were evaluated on the following criteria: time-to-complete, integration with electr  ...[more]

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