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Translating ATP III Cholesterol Management Guidelines Into Primary Care Practice

NCT01242319 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 5218

Last updated 2010-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This quality improvement trial aims to evaluate whether giving patients information about their coronary heart disease risk via a computer kiosk in the doctors waiting room and providing primary care doctors with a personal digital device with a decision support tool to help with cholesterol management will improve cholesterol management compared to usual care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HeartAge intervention

Computerized kiosk in waiting room with HeartAge risk calculator, PDA based decision support tool regarding hyperlipidemia management, website and tool box with coronary risk reduction tools for smoking cessation, diet and exercise, medication adherence

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles B Eaton, MD,MS · Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-08-31
Completion
2008-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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