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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 545-553出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.10.003
关键词
Pulmonary nodule; clinical practice guidelines; radiology practice; adherence; survey methods
资金
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) [PCS-1403012653]
- PCORI
Radiologists demonstrated high levels of familiarity, agreement, and adherence to guidelines for pulmonary nodule evaluation, but many of them overestimated the quality of evidence supporting the recommendations.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine radiologists' beliefs about existing guidelines for pulmonary nodule evaluation. Methods: A self-administered survey was developed to ascertain awareness of, agreement with, and adherence to published guidelines, including those from the Fleischner Society and the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS (TM)). Surveys were distributed to 514 radiologists at 13 health care systems that are participating in a large, pragmatic trial of pulmonary nodule evaluation. Prespecified comparisons were made among groups defined by type of health system, years of experience, reader volume, and study arm. Results: The response rate was 26.3%. Respondents were most Familiar with guidelines from Fleischner (94%) and Lung-RADS (71%). For both incidental and screening-detected nodules, self-reported adherence to preferred guidelines was very high (97% and 94%, respectively), and most respondents believed that the benefits of adherence outweigh the harms (81% and 74%, respectively). Underlying evidence was thought to be high in quality by 68% of respondents for screening-detected nodules and 41% for incidental nodules. Approximately 70% of respondents believed that the frequency of recommended follow-up was just right for both guidelines. Radiologists who practice in nonintegrated health care systems were more likely to believe that the evidence was high in quality (79.5% versus 57.1%) and that the benefits of adherence outweigh the harms (85.1% versus 67.5%). Low-volume readers had lower awareness and self-reported adherence than higher volume readers. Conclusions: Radiologists reported high levels of familiarity and agreement with and adherence to guidelines for pulmonary nodule evaluation, but many overestimated the quality of evidence in support of the recommendations.
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