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Promoting Cholesterol Screening

NCT01930149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 480

Last updated 2014-09-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cholesterol screening is an important prerequisite for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. Cholesterol screening is recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Since reminder systems have been shown to modestly improve the rates of preventive services, including in safety net settings, we will implement patient-directed reminders to health center patients who meet our eligibility criteria.

The aim of this study is to determine if a mailed outreach message and facilitated ordering of screening lipid tests increases cholesterol screening test completion within 3 months among federally qualified community health center patients who are eligible for screening compared to usual care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mailed patient outreach intervention

This study's intervention is a mailed outreach letter from the health center that encourages cholesterol testing and describes the steps necessary to obtain the test at the patient's care site. Clinic staff will facilitate the ordering of tests for patients who may not have an office visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen D Persell, MD, MPH · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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