TY - JOUR
T1 - Using a nursing protocol to assure equitable delivery of cancer-related prevention services.
AU - Levine, R. S.
AU - Husaini, B. A.
AU - Emerson, J. S.
AU - Hull, P. C.
AU - Briggs, N. C.
AU - Moriarty, C. J.
AU - Cain, V. A.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - A nurse-administered, protocol-driven model (NP) for preventive services delivery was compared with a traditional physician reminder (PR) model with nursing back-up among 473 patients attending Internal Medicine and Family Medicine clinics. A total of 240 patients were randomized to the NP group and 233 to the PR group. Demographic characteristics including gender [71% female (NP) and 71% female (PR)], race (78% and 75% African American, respectively) and age (numbers of persons aged 18-54, 55-64 and 65+ years) were similar in each group. In the NP group 244/244 screening tests for breast, cervical and colon cancers and alcohol abuse were initiated or completed by nurses, while in the PR group 110/215 (51%) were initiated or completed by physicians. The NP group received 552/552 counseling services from nurses for tobacco, alcohol, nutrition, exercise and prostate screening, while in the PR group, physicians delivered 10% of the needed services (56/560). Aside from counseling for prostate cancer screening, which was 100% in both the NP and PR groups, all other between-group differences for each service were significant at the level of p<0.001. Results show the feasibility of a nursing protocol for initiating equitable cancer prevention services in a primary care setting.
AB - A nurse-administered, protocol-driven model (NP) for preventive services delivery was compared with a traditional physician reminder (PR) model with nursing back-up among 473 patients attending Internal Medicine and Family Medicine clinics. A total of 240 patients were randomized to the NP group and 233 to the PR group. Demographic characteristics including gender [71% female (NP) and 71% female (PR)], race (78% and 75% African American, respectively) and age (numbers of persons aged 18-54, 55-64 and 65+ years) were similar in each group. In the NP group 244/244 screening tests for breast, cervical and colon cancers and alcohol abuse were initiated or completed by nurses, while in the PR group 110/215 (51%) were initiated or completed by physicians. The NP group received 552/552 counseling services from nurses for tobacco, alcohol, nutrition, exercise and prostate screening, while in the PR group, physicians delivered 10% of the needed services (56/560). Aside from counseling for prostate cancer screening, which was 100% in both the NP and PR groups, all other between-group differences for each service were significant at the level of p<0.001. Results show the feasibility of a nursing protocol for initiating equitable cancer prevention services in a primary care setting.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14983991
AN - SCOPUS:4944237471
SN - 0145-5680
VL - 49
SP - 1229
EP - 1232
JO - Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France)
JF - Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France)
IS - 8
ER -
