Improving Compliance With Medical Testing Guidelines
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 218
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Effect of educational intervention on providers' recommendations
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study hypothesis is that clearer visual presentation of guideline recommendations and educational outreach, or academic detailing, can improve guideline compliance. However, it will investigate other aspects of screening-related decision-making, such as provider and patient beliefs about screening, provider-patient communication and patient's willingness to forgo expected testing. The research question is whether educational interventions can decrease non-compliance with screening guidelines for 5 common cancers.
Detailed Description
This study is a cluster randomized trial that compares the immediate post-encounter impressions of 12 physicians and 18 of their patients about the discussion of screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer as well as their beliefs about screening efficacy and patient reports of the screening experience. The interventions are educational materials and academic detailing (educational outreach) for providers. The investigators are particularly interested in contrasting the patient and provider recollections, the differential impact on underuse and overuse compliance and whether patient behaviors are consistent with their stated screening plans.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Screening
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 30 Years to 89 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients: healthy men and women ages 30-89 seeing their primary care provider for routine visit
- •Providers: non-pediatric primary care physicians from Mount Sinai Beth Israel or St. Luke's-Roosevelt associated practices
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient life expectancy of less than 1 year in primary care provider's judgment
- •Inability to read and understand English
- •Transgender status
Arms & Interventions
Standard Support Outreach
Providers receive standard written screening recommendations and do not receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Standard support (Other)
Standard Support Outreach
Providers receive standard written screening recommendations and do not receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: No academic detailing (Other)
Standard materials and academic detailing
Providers receive standard written screening recommendations and receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Academic detailing (Other)
Standard materials and academic detailing
Providers receive standard written screening recommendations and receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Standard support (Other)
Color-coded materials and no academic detailing
Providers receive color-coded written screening recommendations and do not receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Color-coded materials (Other)
Color-coded materials and no academic detailing
Providers receive color-coded written screening recommendations and do not receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: No academic detailing (Other)
Color-coded materials and academic detailing
Providers receive color-coded written screening recommendations and receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Color-coded materials (Other)
Color-coded materials and academic detailing
Providers receive color-coded written screening recommendations and receive academic detailing (educational outreach)
Intervention: Academic detailing (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Effect of educational intervention on providers' recommendations
Time Frame: 12 months
Incidence of guidance compliance
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient compliance(12 months)
- Patients' belief in the value of screening(12 months)