Chronic disease prevention - specifically cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
1. Patient-level intervention with a trained health care professional during which a plan will be developed for the patient. All recommendations and discussions will be based on the 'BETTER' preventio
Sponsors
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Strata 1: 1.1. Adult patients of the participating Family Physicians who are between the ages of 40 and 65, inclusive 1.2. Written informed consent to participate in the trial 2. Strata 2: Adults with moderate mental illness aged 40 to 65
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are unable to give written informed consent for reasons of language, literacy or competence 2. Patients who are not able to come to the family practice office 3. Off-site patients or non-active patients (no visit in the last 3 years) of the family physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Summary Quality Index (SQUID), measured at 6 months A reliable and valid composite measure to track quality of care among primary care practice patients that use an electronic medical record (EMR). The primary analysis will be a comparison between the SQUID of the intervention group and the SQUID of the control group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Assessment of the impact of the intervention in improving the quality of care, comparison made from baseline to 6 months follow-up (intervention group only) 2. Economic evaluation to examine the cost-effectiveness of the interventions Outcomes will be measured at 12 months. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed