Ten Examples of Active Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Research at the Time of the Survey
| Project Type | Project Title | Description | Name of PBRN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health services research | How community pediatricians use electronic technology | A survey of community pediatricians in a practice-based research network using a self-administered form to describe how they use electronic technology for work-related tasks, level of competence for specific technology-related activities, and interest in learning these skills | Washington University Pediatric/Adolescent Research Consortium |
| Clinical research | Child self-reporting asthma symptoms | Asking the question, “When is it appropriate for children to report for themselves?” this study aims to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and psychometric quality of administering asthma-related quality-of-life questionnaires to children | Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group |
| Clinical research | Pediatricians recognition of maternal depressive symptoms | A project examining the factors that influence pediatricians’ recognition of depressive symptoms in mothers with young children. It aims to develop and pilot an intervention that addresses barriers to recognition in the pediatric primary care setting and improve pediatrician’s ability to recognize and refer mothers with depressive symptoms | Rainbow Research Network |
| Health services research | Defining patient visits study | A study to learn about patients and problems seen in “typical practice” and to allow for a comparison of data with national survey data and an assessment of the extent to which study practices represent the nation’s pediatric practices | Pediatric Research in Office Settings |
| Prevention research | How patients decide on prostate cancer screening | Evaluation of shared decision making around prostate cancer screening to determine the effect of viewing a Web page or mailed brochure on prostate cancer screening on the decision-making process between a patient and physician | Virginia Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network |
| Prevention research | Multilevel approaches to colon cancer screening | An exploratory study designed to investigate the effectiveness of strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening in rural family practices. The primary outcome is the rate of adherence with the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer | Arkansas Research Collaborative |
| Prevention research | Improving colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in primary care | A study to characterize CRC screening practices across a variety of primary care clinics of a practice-based research network. It will provide information about the relationship between practice characteristics and CRC screening delivery and short-term outcomes | Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network |
| Prevention research | Osteoporosis study | A study designed to determine whether chart reminders or patient education information for osteoporosis screening improved discussion and treatment of low bone density in older women. Preliminary analysis shows that chart reminders, but not patient education, improved osteoporosis discussion and screening | Iowa Research Network |
| Health services research | Cardiovascular risk education and social support | Elaborate on a 3-year study of a practice-based intervention designed to harness the power of social support to improve adherence to prescribed treatments among diabetic patients with the ultimate goal of reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke | Kentucky Ambulatory Network |
| Health services research | Practice improvement project | A study to assess the rates of influenza immunization in asthma patients within the primary care practices to (1) identify the organizational and patient barriers to influenza immunization of asthma patients, (2) randomize patients to dissemination of the research findings, and (3) tailor interventions to improve immunization of asthma patients | Duke Primary Care Research Consortium |