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Individualizing Disease Prevention for Middle-Aged Adults

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Primary Health Care
Interventions
Other: Intervention
Registration Number
NCT03023813
Lead Sponsor
Glen Taksler
Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to help patients compare the benefits of various preventive care services, based on their individual risk factors (such as smoking status, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc.). A tailored decision tool will be provided to each participant during primary care appointments to facilitate discussion between the participant and his/her provider regarding prioritizing preventive service recommendations.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
104
Inclusion Criteria
  • Scheduled for an appointment with primary care provider during study period
  • Two or more of the following risk factors:
  • Tobacco use
  • Overweight/obese
  • Hypertension
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Diabetes
  • Alcohol Misuse
  • Depression
  • History of Sexually Transmitted Infection
  • Being overdue for the following screenings: Colorectal, cervical, breast, lung
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severely limited life expectancy (cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end stage renal disease)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionInterventionIndividualized preventive care recommendations will be distributed to subjects.
Development PhaseInterventionNon-randomized receipt of individualized preventive care recommendations
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Interest in Individualized Preventive Care Recommendations.Within 3 days of index primary care appointment.

Measured by individualized preventive service recommendations, tailored to patient's specific medical conditions. Measured by surveys.

Survey question: "In the future, would you like to see updated written materials (handouts)?" Ten point scale (minimum 1, maximum 10, higher score is better outcome)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Decisional Comfort.Within 3 days of index primary care appointment.

Measured by surveys. Survey metric: Decisional Conflict Scale (validated scale), converted to 100 point denominator 100 point scale (minimum 1, maximum 100, higher score is better outcome)

Preventive Care Outcomes for Patients.Within 1 year of index primary care appointment.

Number of participants with at least 1 follow-up encounter during the 1 year after an index encounter.

Use of Shared Decision Making.Within 3 days of index primary care appointment.

Measured by surveys. Survey metric: Shared Decision Making (SDM)-Q-9 validated scale, converted to 100 point denominator 100 point scale (minimum 1, maximum 100, higher score is better outcome)

Patient Readiness to Change Health Behaviors.Within 3 days of index primary care appointment

Measured by surveys Proportion of bottom-3 individualized preventive service recommendations ready to change over next 1 month Numerator: Number of bottom-3-ranked recommendations with score \>=6 out of 7 on Likert scale for readiness to change over next 1 month (minimum=1, maximum=7, higher score was better) Denominator: The number of individualized preventive service recommendations provided to a patient or 3, whichever was lower

Patient Readiness to Change Health BehaviorsWithin 3 days of index primary care appointment

Measured by surveys. Proportion of bottom-3 individualized preventive service recommendations ready to change over next 2-6 months Numerator: Number of bottom-3-ranked recommendations with score \>=6 out of 7 on Likert scale for readiness to change over next 2-6 months (minimum=1, maximum=7, higher score was better) Denominator: The number of individualized preventive service recommendations provided to a patient or 3, whichever was lower

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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