PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper reviews recent clinical guidelines for adolescent well care put forth by seven national organizations. It compares the guidelines recommendation by recommendation in order to assess consistency between them. RECENT FINDINGS: We found 102 specific preventive care recommendations that encompassed eight different domains. The only recommendations consistent in the seven guidelines are measuring height and weight with a physical exam, updating immunizations, and addressing general anticipatory guidance. The greatest inconsistencies were noted in specific recommendations in the behavioral/developmental and counseling/anticipatory guidance domains. SUMMARY: When compared recommendation by recommendation, we found that the guidelines for adolescent preventive care vary considerably. A unified set of guidelines may help reduce the number of conflicting recommendations and may increase provider confidence and adherence to adolescent-specific clinical guidelines.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper reviews recent clinical guidelines for adolescent well care put forth by seven national organizations. It compares the guidelines recommendation by recommendation in order to assess consistency between them. RECENT FINDINGS: We found 102 specific preventive care recommendations that encompassed eight different domains. The only recommendations consistent in the seven guidelines are measuring height and weight with a physical exam, updating immunizations, and addressing general anticipatory guidance. The greatest inconsistencies were noted in specific recommendations in the behavioral/developmental and counseling/anticipatory guidance domains. SUMMARY: When compared recommendation by recommendation, we found that the guidelines for adolescent preventive care vary considerably. A unified set of guidelines may help reduce the number of conflicting recommendations and may increase provider confidence and adherence to adolescent-specific clinical guidelines.
Authors: Leontien C M Kremer; Renée L Mulder; Kevin C Oeffinger; Smita Bhatia; Wendy Landier; Gill Levitt; Louis S Constine; W Hamish Wallace; Huib N Caron; Saro H Armenian; Roderick Skinner; Melissa M Hudson Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer Date: 2012-12-31 Impact factor: 3.167
Authors: Friederike Stölzel; Nadja Seidel; Stefan Uhmann; Michael Baumann; Hendrik Berth; Jürgen Hoyer; Gerhard Ehninger Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2014-04-23 Impact factor: 3.295