Improving Preventive Service Delivery at Adult Complete Health Check-Ups

Unity Health Toronto

Overview

To determine the effectiveness of a single checklist reminder form to improve the delivery of preventive health services at adult health check-ups in a family practice setting.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Conditions

Preventive Health Care

Interventions

Preventive Care Checklist FormDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults older than 21 years of age who had an complete health check-up completed at the clinic during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Charts were excluded if the patient was younger than 21, an investigator completed the assessment or the encounter was disease/illness specific.

Locations (1)

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rates and relative risks (RR) of the performance of 13 preventive health maneuvers at baseline and post-intervention and the percentage of up-to-date preventive health services delivered per patient were compared between the two groups.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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