Pediatrician Communication About High Blood Pressure in Children With Overweight/Obesity During Well-Child Visits |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Medicine (N Bismar), University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW), Dallas, Tex;2. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics (SE Barlow, CB Turer), University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW), Dallas, Tex;3. Department of Population Health and Data Science (SE Barlow, CB Turner), UTSW Medical Center, Dallas, Tex;4. Children''s Health (SE Barlow, CB Turer), Dallas, Tex;5. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics (TM Brady), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md;1. Department of Pediatrics (CJ Orr and KB Flower), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC;2. Department of Biostatistics (V Ritter), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC;3. Academic Pediatric Association (L Turner, H Tyrrell, and J Konrath), McLean, Va;4. Department of Pediatrics (TR Coker), University of Washington, Seattle Children''s Research Institute, Seattle, Wash;1. Department of Pediatrics (DJ Opel), University of Washington School of Medicine, and Seattle Children''s Research Institute, Seattle, Wash;2. Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (NB Henrikson), Seattle, Wash;3. Yale School of Nursing (K Lepere), Orange, Conn;4. Department of Communication (JD Robinson), Portland State University, Portland, Ore;1. Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (S Lara and CW Foster), Bethesda, Md;2. Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (M Hawks), Bethesda, Md;3. Val G. Hemming Simulation Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (M Montgomery), Bethesda, Md;1. Boston Children''s Hospital (BD Harper, J Vincuilla, JS Palfrey, and CM Russ), Boston, Mass;2. Harvard Medical School (BD Harper, JS Palfrey, and CM Russ), Boston, Mass;3. Aga Khan University (W Nganga and R Armstrong), Nairobi, Kenya;4. Global Pediatric Academic Alliance (R Armstrong and KD Forsyth), Adelaide, Australia;5. Flinders University (KD Forsyth), Adelaide, Australia;6. Global Pediatric Education Consortium (HP Ham), Chapel Hill, NC;7. Saint Louis University (WJ Keenan), St. Louis, Mo;1. Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children''s Hospital (RE Myers and K Ponitz), Cleveland, Ohio;2. Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children''s Hospital (M Ramundo), Akron, Ohio |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveDespite recognition that hypertension is associated with childhood obesity, data suggest that high blood pressure (BP) is infrequently diagnosed in children. This study sought to examine provider communication with overweight school-age children regarding BP measurements that were high at well-child visits.MethodsCross-sectional mixed-methods analysis of audio-recorded communication from well-child visits with overweight 6–12-year-olds. Data from the subset of children with elevated BPs were used for this study. Three BP measures obtained at the audio-recorded visit were averaged, paired with historical BPs stored in the health record, and compared to contemporary/Fourth-Report thresholds to determine if children had elevated/hypertensive BPs only at the audio-recorded visit or met hypertension-diagnostic criteria (hypertension-level BP ≥3 separate visits). Two reviewers used visit transcripts to categorize communication about BP as “absent,” “unclear,” or “direct.” Provider use of a billing diagnosis for elevated BP/hypertension in visits with direct-BP-communication was explored.ResultsIn 36 of 126 (29%) visit-audio-recordings, children had elevated/hypertensive BPs. Thirty-three of the 36 eligible (92%) had intelligible audio-recordings. Of these, 9 (25%) were overweight and 24 (75%) had obesity. Seventeen (52%) had elevated BPs, and 16 (48%) hypertensive BPs. Ten (30%) met criteria for hypertension diagnosis. BP communication was absent in 20 visits (61%), unclear in 8 (24%), and direct in 5 visits (15%). Billing diagnoses for elevated BP/hypertension were entered at 4 of 5 (80%) visits with direct-BP communication.ConclusionsMost overweight children with elevated BPs did not receive communication that BP is high at well-child visits. Relevant billing diagnoses may indicate direct-BP communication. |
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