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TEXT TO DETECT: Heart Health Check Recall Program in Australian general practice

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease
Registration Number
ACTRN12622000140752
Lead Sponsor
ational Heart Foundation of Australia
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
206
Inclusion Criteria

We will aim to recruit 200 general practices across Australia to participate in this trial. General practice inclusion criteria:
•General practices must have accreditation from one of the five Australian accreditation agencies recognised by the RACGP – AGPAL, Quality Practice Accreditation, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Global-Mark Pty Ltd or Institute for Healthy Communities Australia Certification Pty Ltd.
•Practices must be using CAT4 with Best Practice, Medical Director, Zedmed, Genie, Medtech, practiX, Communicare, MMEX or PCIS software.
•Practices must allow Healthily to enable GoShare Plus functionality in CAT4.

As part of the study, general practices in intervention arms 1 (recall only) and 2 (recall and nudge) will use GoShare Plus software to send Heart Health Check recall SMS to their eligible patients asking them to come in for cardiovascular screening. Eligible patients who will be identified via practice software:
•Aged 45 to 74 years
•No recorded diagnosis of existing CVD, and
•No health assessment or Heart Health Check in the last 24 months, and
•No recorded total cholesterol to HDL ratio (TC:HDL) in the last 24 months, and
•Active patient of the practice based on RACGP definition of active patient (at least 3 visits in the last 2 years)

Exclusion Criteria

If the patient has opted out of research projects and is included in the practice opt-out register.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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