ArticleInternational journal of family medicine2011
Development of a tool to identify poverty in a family practice setting: a pilot study.
Article in International journal of family medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Household Social Needs, Emotional Functioning, and Stress in Low-Income Latinx Children and their Mothers.Journal of child and family studies · 2023Article
- Use of Social Determinants of Health Screening among Primary Health Care Nurses of Developed Countries: An Integrative Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Review
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Objective. The goal of this pilot study was to develop and field-test questions for use as a poverty case-finding tool to assist primary care providers in identifying poverty in clinical practice. Methods. 156 questionnaires were completed by a convenience sample of urban and rural primary care patients presenting to four family practices in British Columbia, Canada. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses compared questionnaire responses with low-income cut-off (LICO) levels calculated for each respondent. Results. 35% of respondents were below the "poverty line" (LICO). The question "Do you (ever) have difficulty making ends meet at the end of the month?" was identified as a good predictor of poverty (sensitivity 98%; specificity 60%; OR 32.3, 95% CI 5.4-191.5). Multivariate analysis identified a 3-item case-finding tool including 2 additional questions about food and housing security (sensitivity 64.3%; specificity 94.4%; OR 30.2, 95% CI 10.3-88.1). 85% of below-LICO respondents felt that poverty screening was important and 67% felt comfortable speaking to their family physician about poverty. Conclusions. Asking patients directly about poverty may help identify patients with increased needs in primary care.
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