Individualizing Disease Prevention for Middle-Aged Adults

Glen Taksler

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Primary Health Care

Treatments: Other: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03023813

16-854

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Individualized preventive care recommendations will be distributed to subjects.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care

Development Phase

Experimental group

Description:

Non-randomized receipt of individualized preventive care recommendations

Treatment:

Other: Intervention