The Effect of a Scratch Off Prompt on Health Engagement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening); Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening)
• Interventions: Behavioral: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01401621
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to determine whether prompting the recipient of a health reminder mailing to scratch off targeted area.

Detailed Description

The investigators will randomly assign individuals with different scratch off messages to 3 groups. The investigators are interested in whether the scratch off message will result in an increase in compliance with the recommended health behavior.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2011-07-25
• Study Start: 2014-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-08
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84953

Inclusion Criteria

• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a blood pressure check
• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a cholesterol test
• Employee at partner corporation that implemented the study

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Condition	Control	A control condition with no scratch-off element.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants that schedule an appointment for receipt of the relevant test	up to 52 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States