• Atencion primaria · Mar 2020

    Review

    [Effect of the use of heuristics on diagnostic error in Primary Care: Scoping review].

    • Sergio Minué-Lorenzo, Carmen Fernández-Aguilar, José Jesús Martín-Martín, and Alberto Fernández-Ajuria.
    • Integrated Health Services based on Primary Health Care WHO Collaborating Centre. Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, España. Electronic address: sergio.minue.easp@juntadeandalucia.es.
    • Aten Primaria. 2020 Mar 1; 52 (3): 159175159-175.

    ObjectiveTo assess the use of representativeness, availability, overconfidence, anchoring and adjustment heuristics in clinical practice, specifically in Primary Care setting.DesignPanoramic review (scope review).Data SourcesOvidMedline, Scopus, PsycoINFO, Cochrane Library and PubMed databases. Each one of the selected studies was reviewed applying TIDIER criteria (Template for Description of the Intervention and Replication) to facilitate their understanding and replicability.Selection Of StudiesA total of 48 studies were selected that analyzed availability heuristics (26), anchoring and adjustment (9), overconfidence (9) and representativeness (8).ResultsFrom the 48 studies selected, 26 analyzed availability heuristics, 9 anchoring and adjustment, 9 overconfidence; and 8 representativeness. The study population included physicians (35.4%), patients (27%), trainees (20.8%), nurses (14.5%) and students (14.5%). The studies conducted in clinical practice setting were 17 (35.4%). In 33 of the 48 studies (68,7%) it was observed heuristic use in the population studied. Heuristics use on diagnostic process was found in 27 studies (54.1%); 5 of them (18%) were carried out in clinical practice setting. Of the 48 studies, 6 (12,5%) were performed in Primary Care, 3 of which studied diagnostic process: only one of them analyzed the use of heuristics in clinical practice setting, without demonstrating bias as consequence of the use of heuristic.ConclusionThe evidence about heuristic use in diagnostic process on clinical practice setting is limited, especially in Primary Care.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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