在入院儿童中对粮食不安全查的差异和偏见
Mary M Orr1, Adolfo L Molina1, Cassandra N Smola1
1Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
Hospital pediatrics
|June 20, 2024
概括
使用电子医疗记录 (EMR) 对住院儿童进行食品不安全 (FI) 查显示了差异. 较年轻的,非白人和没有保险的儿童被查的频率较低,突出了FI查中的潜在实施偏见.
科学领域:
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 住院患者越来越担心粮食不安全 (FI),但儿童的最佳查方法仍然不清楚.
- 电子病历 (EMR) 系统为综合查提供了潜力,但它们在儿科住院患者环境中的有效性需要评估.
研究的目的:
- 评估一项简短的EMR嵌入式查工具的结果,用于在儿科住院患者中发现粮食不安全 (FI).
- 为了确定与查完成和住院儿童的积极FI识别相关的人口因素.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了从2020年8月到2022年9月的31,553次儿科住院患者遭遇.
- 饥饿生命体征,一个经过验证的2个问题的屏幕,在EMR护理摄入表格内口服.
- 统计分析检查了查比例和积极FI率,考虑了年龄,性别,种族,种族,语言和保险等共变量.
主要成果:
- 81.7%的儿科患者进行FI查;3.4%的查结果呈阳性.
- 较年轻 (0-2岁),非白人和没有保险的儿童被查的可能性明显较小 (P < .001).
- 在老年,非白人,西班牙裔,非英语语言和非私人保险患者中观察到更高的FI患病率 (P < .001).
结论:
- 嵌入EMR的FI选工具,尽管旨在实现普遍性,但却表现出实施偏见.
- 查差异表明,可能错过了脆弱的儿科患者群体,阻碍了及时干预.
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