Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening for Children and Teens With Headache and Epilepsy
We implemented standardized EHR-based screening for anxiety symptoms for pediatric neurology patients, most of whom had headache or epilepsy. Screening was feasible, and approximately one-quarter of patients had moderate or severe anxiety symptoms. Future work will focus on improving completion rates of previsit questionnaires including the GAD-7 and optimizing clinician actions based on the screening data.
Authors
- Alexander K. Gonzalez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-398X)
- Nicholas S. Abend (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-2663)
- Amanda C. Riisen
- Stephanie Witzman
- Dina Karvounides
- Christina L. Szperka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-8889)
- Michael C. Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-296X)
- Christina Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2049-4891)
- Sara Molisani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-0668)
- Carinna M. Scotti-Degnan
- Mariela Ramos
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/cpj.0000000000200458
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.41