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N/A N=417 Randomized Double-blind Health Services Research

Will Veterans Engage in Prevention After HRA-guided Shared Decision Making?

Health Risk Appraisal · Heart Disease · Prevention

Enrolled (actual)
417
Serious AEs
28.3%
Results posted
Sep 2018
Primary outcome: Primary: Enrollment in Prevention Services — 91; 56 participants — p=<.0001

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Shared decision making with a Prevention Coach (Behavioral)
Age
Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
Sex
All
Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Primary completion
Dec 2016

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Enrollment in Prevention Services
91; 56 <.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Patient Activation Measures (PAM)
62.4; 60.6
SECONDARY
Patient Activation Measures
67.0; 63.2 0.030 sig
SECONDARY
Patient Activation Measures
67.0; 63.2 0.030 sig
SECONDARY
Framingham Risk Score
22.4; 22.5 0.330
SECONDARY
Framingham Risk Score
22.4; 22.5 0.330

Summary

The VA has committed to disseminate a web-based Healthy Living Assessment(HLA) tool and use it as the cornerstone of a personalized prevention plan to engage patients to improve their health behaviors that lead to high health risk. Health risk assessments done in isolation, however, do not generally lead to behavior change. Our study will test the effectiveness of a Shared Decision Making intervention designed to activate Veterans to enroll in effective prevention programs. The intervention will be conducted over the telephone, by a prevention coach, and will be linked to the patients' primary care team. The co-primary outcomes will be patient activation and patient enrollment in prevention programs; 10-year risk of major cardiac events will also be measured.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

To be included in the study, patients must meet the following:

  • enrolled in primary care at the Durham or Ann Arbor Health Care Systems
  • have one modifiable risk factor identified by a healthy living assessment (physical inactivity, overweight or obese by BMI, or tobacco user)

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals will be excluded if they have any of the following:

  • have been hospitalized for a stroke, myocardial infarction or coronary artery revascularization in the past three months
  • have an active diagnosis of psychosis
  • have any other health condition they feel would impede participation in the study
  • reside in a nursing home
  • are severely impaired in hearing or speech, so that they cannot respond to telephone calls
  • have significant cognitive or memory impairment
  • do not have access to a telephone
  • are participating in another prevention intervention study
  • are already enrolled in a formal prevention service
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01828567). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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