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Early Detection of and Intervention Towards Chronic Diseases Among Individuals Without Formal Education

NCT01979107 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1104

Last updated 2019-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this randomized controlled study it is investigated if a proactive action by the general practitioner offering individuals without formal education a preventive health check will lead to a larger number of diagnoses in form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes among participants in the intervention group compared to the control group. Furthermore it will be investigated if the proactive action by the general practitioner will be associated with a higher smoking cessation rate at 12 month follow-up.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Proactive action by the general practitioner

Individuals allocated to the intervention group will receive a personal invitation to an appointed health check from their general practitioner. Three days before the appointment participants will be reminded by phone about the appointment. At the health check a follow-up consultation will be scheduled. At the follow-up consultation the results of the health check will be reviewed. All participants with abnormal screens at the health check will, depending of the severity, either receive the offer of a referral to the municipality health center for a lifestyle change program and/or follow the procedures for diagnostics and treatment. This will follow the usual medical standards in general practice. For individuals with abnormal screens or health behavior amenable to intervention at the first health check an additional health check will be scheduled six months after the first health check with a follow-up consultation for review of the results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danish Cancer Society

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Morten Grønbæk, MD, PhD. · Centre for Intervention Research in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - University of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-22
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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