Coordinating Pragmatic Primary Care Population Management for Obesity

Summary

The C3PO pilot and feasibility study uses a rigorous, mixed-method research design to provide information needed to refine and implement a technology-mediated primary care outreach intervention approach before conducting a larger and more definitive future intervention trial.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Outreach Support for Weight Loss Goal Setting and Self-Weighing

Patients will receive a MyChart activation message assessing weight loss interest that invites them to complete a MyChart Survey encouraging a weight loss goal using principles adapted from Brief Action Planning. Patients will then receive a cellular network-enabled electronic body weight scale, and weighing data transmitted by the scale will be received and integrated into the electronic health record for access by the patient's primary care team.

BEHAVIORAL

Outreach Decision Support to Encourage Linkages to Intensive Community Lifestyle Interventions

Patients will receive via MyChart information and decision support designed to encourage linkages to and participation in intensive lifestyle programs available in the community. Patients who request information or clinical referrals will also receive them. "Refreshes" of community linkage information will be sent by MyChart every 1 to 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Adaptive Tailoring of Information Delivery and Intensity of Primary Care Outreach Support

Data received into the electronic health record from the cellular network-enabled electronic scale will categorize each patient based on their daily self-weighing behaviors and rate of progress towards their weight loss goal. Patients who are not engaged in daily self-weighing or are not making progress towards their goal will receive more intensive outreach support in the form of automated weekly MyChart problem solving messages, more frequent encouragement to access a broader array of community resources, and telephonic support from a nurse care coordinator who is an existing member of the primary care team. Support from this nurse care coordinator will be facilitated by the incorporation of each patient's self-weighing data into an EpicCare patient dashboard accessible to the nurse coordinator and other members of the care team

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• Northwestern University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-12-16

Primary Completion

2020-06-30

Completion

2021-06-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations