Patient Health Behaviors
Conditions
Keywords
Health Behavior, Behavior change, self-management goal, health goal
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to test whether having patients identify a self-management goal (health goal), prior to a visit with their primary care provider, leads to health behavior improvement over six weeks.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSelf-management goal elicitation
The intervention will be a form, given prior to a primary care visit, that allows patients to express a self-management goal (health goal) they would like to work on, and a preferred treatment modality.
Sponsors
Advancing Care Together
Colorado Health Foundation
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult patients (\>18 years of age) * Attending primary care visit at Lowry Family Health Center or Level One Physicians * English- or Spanish-Speaking
Exclusion criteria
* Exhibit signs of cognitive impairment or significant hearing impairment * Provider recommendation against enrolling in study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-rated health | 6 weeks | Single item measure of self rated health: How would you rate your overall health during the past week? (1=Very Poor, 7=Excellent)? We will compare scores between groups as well as change over 6-weeks between groups. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health behavior improvement | 6 Weeks | Our secondary outcome measure will include a measure of behavior specific improvements. We will evaluate both component improvements for their specified behavior, as well as the composite score of negative health behaviors assessed from a series of questions. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed