NCT01401621

The Effect of a Scratch Off Prompt on Health Engagement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84,953 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this project is to determine whether prompting the recipient of a health reminder mailing to scratch off targeted area.

Detailed description

The investigators will randomly assign individuals with different scratch off messages to 3 groups. The investigators are interested in whether the scratch off message will result in an increase in compliance with the recommended health behavior.

Conditions

• Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening)
• Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Scratchoff Prompt: Name of Test	A prompt will have the recipient scratch off the message that reveals the name of the test that the recipient needs
BEHAVIORAL	Scratchoff Prompt: Call to Action	A prompt will have the recipient scratch off the message to find out how to follow the recommendation that the test be received.
BEHAVIORAL	Control	No scratch-off element

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2011-07-25
• Last updated: 2015-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States