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Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes
BACKGROUND: Congenital hearing loss is one of the most frequent birth defects, and Early Detection and Intervention has been found to improve language outcomes. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) established quality of care process indicators an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26198353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0404-x |
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author | Mincarone, Pierpaolo Leo, Carlo Giacomo Sabina, Saverio Costantini, Daniele Cozzolino, Francesco Wong, John B. Latini, Giuseppe |
author_facet | Mincarone, Pierpaolo Leo, Carlo Giacomo Sabina, Saverio Costantini, Daniele Cozzolino, Francesco Wong, John B. Latini, Giuseppe |
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description | BACKGROUND: Congenital hearing loss is one of the most frequent birth defects, and Early Detection and Intervention has been found to improve language outcomes. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) established quality of care process indicators and benchmarks for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). We have aggregated some of these indicators/benchmarks according to the three pillars of universality, timely detection and overreferral. When dealing with inter-comparison, relying on complete and standardised literature data becomes crucial. The purpose of this paper is to verify whether literature data on UNHS programmes have included sufficient information to allow inter-programme comparisons according to the indicators considered. METHODS: We performed a systematic search identifying UNHS studies and assessing the quality of programmes. RESULTS: The identified 12 studies demonstrated heterogeneity in criteria for referring to further examinations during the screening phase and in identifying high-risk neonates, protocols, tests, staff, and testing environments. Our systematic review also highlighted substantial variability in reported performance data. In order to optimise the reporting of screening protocols and process performance, we propose a checklist. Another result is the difficulty in guaranteeing full respect for the criteria of universality, timely detection and overreferral. CONCLUSIONS: Standardisation in reporting UNHS experiences may also have a positive impact on inter-program comparisons, hence favouring the emergence of recognised best practices. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0404-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-45112352015-07-23 Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes Mincarone, Pierpaolo Leo, Carlo Giacomo Sabina, Saverio Costantini, Daniele Cozzolino, Francesco Wong, John B. Latini, Giuseppe BMC Pediatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Congenital hearing loss is one of the most frequent birth defects, and Early Detection and Intervention has been found to improve language outcomes. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) established quality of care process indicators and benchmarks for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). We have aggregated some of these indicators/benchmarks according to the three pillars of universality, timely detection and overreferral. When dealing with inter-comparison, relying on complete and standardised literature data becomes crucial. The purpose of this paper is to verify whether literature data on UNHS programmes have included sufficient information to allow inter-programme comparisons according to the indicators considered. METHODS: We performed a systematic search identifying UNHS studies and assessing the quality of programmes. RESULTS: The identified 12 studies demonstrated heterogeneity in criteria for referring to further examinations during the screening phase and in identifying high-risk neonates, protocols, tests, staff, and testing environments. Our systematic review also highlighted substantial variability in reported performance data. In order to optimise the reporting of screening protocols and process performance, we propose a checklist. Another result is the difficulty in guaranteeing full respect for the criteria of universality, timely detection and overreferral. CONCLUSIONS: Standardisation in reporting UNHS experiences may also have a positive impact on inter-program comparisons, hence favouring the emergence of recognised best practices. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0404-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2015-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4511235/ /pubmed/26198353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0404-x Text en © Mincarone et al. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mincarone, Pierpaolo Leo, Carlo Giacomo Sabina, Saverio Costantini, Daniele Cozzolino, Francesco Wong, John B. Latini, Giuseppe Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title | Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title_full | Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title_fullStr | Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title_short | Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes |
title_sort | evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on unhs: a systematic review of programmes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26198353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0404-x |
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