Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Conditions
Brief summary
Clinical preventive services (CPS) are fundamental to early disease detection and improvement of health outcomes but are often poorly understood and utilized by patients. Myhealthfinder is a web-based tool developed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (https://healthfinder.gov). This study tests the prescription of myhealthfinder to engage patients in CPS, improve patient-clinician communication and increase uptake of CPS.
Interventions
OTHERHealthfinder invitation
Invitation to use healthfinder (healthfinder.gov/myhealthfinder
Sponsors
Virginia Commonwealth University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Scheduled wellness appointment with primary care provider
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to read English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in communication and health knowledge | Immediately after the intervention | Patient survey asking about knowledge of recommended preventive services and communication with clinician; qualitative themes from audio-recordings of clinician-patient visit with subset of randomly selected patients |
| Uptake of clinical preventive services | 3 months | Percent up-to-datedness on cancer screening (cervical, breast, colon, lung cancer); immunizations (influenza, pneumonia) and cardiovascular disease (hypercholesterolemia, diabetes). This will be calculated based on the number of recommended services as identified on the healthfinder website based on age/gender that each patient has received within the recommended time frame. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed