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Shared Decision-making on Medical Tests and Care Cascades

NCT04902664 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 329

Last updated 2022-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of patient and provider facing educational materials and peer comparison on medical testing conversations during annual physicals. The investigators hypothesize that education materials and peer comparison will improve conversation quality about medical testing decisions.

Conditions

  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Care Utilization

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient education materials

Patients receive a text-message and email with educational materials about medical testing.

BEHAVIORAL

Physician peer-comparison email

Physicians receive an email with feedback on how they compare to their peers in aggregate on test ordering during annual physicals.

BEHAVIORAL

Physician education materials

Physicians receive reference materials on medical test interpretation and incidental findings.

BEHAVIORAL

General visit preparation materials

Patients receive a text-message and email with general visit preparation tips.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RAND

    collaborator OTHER

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • Robert S Rudin, PhD · RAND

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-24
Primary Completion
2022-10-06
Completion
2022-10-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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