Promoting Patient Engagement in Clinical Preventive Services: Evaluating the Use of Healthfinder

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Scheduled wellness appointment with primary care provider

Exclusion criteria

Inability to read English

Treatment and study plan

Healthfinder invitation

Other

Invitation to use healthfinder (healthfinder.gov/myhealthfinder

Primary outcomes

Uptake of clinical preventive services

Time frame: 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.
Change in communication and health knowledge

Time frame: 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2018
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Mar 12, 2018
Registry last updated: Jan 28, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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