NCT03524131

Randomized Controlled Trial on Uptake of NHS Health Checks

Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Effect of Two New Behaviourally Enhanced NHS Health Check Leaflets and the Current Nationally Recommended Leaflet on Uptake of NHS Health Checks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Public Health England · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The National Health Service (NHS) Health Check is a significant part of the strategy to tackle premature mortality and promote healthy lifestyles. Public Health England aspires to an uptake rate of 75% but national uptake is less than 50%. This study aims to assess the impact of two new behaviourally informed NHS Health Check leaflets on the uptake of NHS Health Checks, by randomizing patients in Lewisham and North East Lincolnshire to the different leaflets and comparing patient-level uptake data. The study will test whether a shorter risk-framed leaflet or a shorter benefits-framed leaflet will be more effective than the current national leaflet at encouraging uptake of the NHS Health Check.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	risk-framed leaflet	2-sided leaflet, emphasizing health risks of not going to the NHS Health Check
OTHER	benefits-framed leaflet	2-sided leaflet, emphasizing benefits of attending an NHS Health Check
OTHER	current national leaflet	4-sided leaflet

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-29
• Primary completion: 2018-11-30
• Completion: 2018-11-30
• First posted: 2018-05-14
• Last updated: 2020-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom