NCT01930149

Promoting Cholesterol Screening

Reducing Disparities in Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Promoting Cholesterol Screening

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 480 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cholesterol screening is an important prerequisite for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. Cholesterol screening is recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Since reminder systems have been shown to modestly improve the rates of preventive services, including in safety net settings, we will implement patient-directed reminders to health center patients who meet our eligibility criteria. The aim of this study is to determine if a mailed outreach message and facilitated ordering of screening lipid tests increases cholesterol screening test completion within 3 months among federally qualified community health center patients who are eligible for screening compared to usual care.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Lipid Testing
• Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mailed patient outreach intervention	This study's intervention is a mailed outreach letter from the health center that encourages cholesterol testing and describes the steps necessary to obtain the test at the patient's care site. Clinic staff will facilitate the ordering of tests for patients who may not have an office visit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2013-08-28
• Last updated: 2014-09-29

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States