Randomized Controlled Trial on Uptake of NHS Health Checks

Public Health England

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Other: risk-framed leaflet; Other: current national leaflet; Other: benefits-framed leaflet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03524131

NHSHC2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The National Health Service (NHS) Health Check is a significant part of the strategy to tackle premature mortality and promote healthy lifestyles. Public Health England aspires to an uptake rate of 75% but national uptake is less than 50%. This study aims to assess the impact of two new behaviourally informed NHS Health Check leaflets on the uptake of NHS Health Checks, by randomizing patients in Lewisham and North East Lincolnshire to the different leaflets and comparing patient-level uptake data. The study will test whether a shorter risk-framed leaflet or a shorter benefits-framed leaflet will be more effective than the current national leaflet at encouraging uptake of the NHS Health Check.

Enrollment: 12,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• due to be invited for an NHS Health Check
• aged 40-74

Exclusion criteria

• have an existing Cardio-Vascular Disease-related medical condition
• have had an NHS Health Check in the last five years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12,000 participants in 3 patient groups

risk-framed leaflet

Experimental group

Description:

Patients sent 2-sided risk-framed leaflet with NHS Health Check invitation

Treatment:

Other: risk-framed leaflet

benefits-framed leaflet

Experimental group

Description:

Patients sent 2-sided benefits-framed leaflet with NHS Health Check invitation

Treatment:

Other: benefits-framed leaflet

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients sent 4-sided current national leaflet with NHS Health Check invitation

Treatment:

Other: current national leaflet