Preventive Health Care
Conditions
Keywords
Preventive Health Care, Annual Health Check-up, Primary Care, Reminders
Brief summary
To determine the effectiveness of a single checklist reminder form to improve the delivery of preventive health services at adult health check-ups in a family practice setting.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Adults older than 21 years of age who had an complete health check-up completed at the clinic during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
* Charts were excluded if the patient was younger than 21, an investigator completed the assessment or the encounter was disease/illness specific.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rates and relative risks (RR) of the performance of 13 preventive health maneuvers at baseline and post-intervention and the percentage of up-to-date preventive health services delivered per patient were compared between the two groups. | — |
Countries
Canada