The purpose of this study is to test whether having patients identify a self-management goal (health goal), prior to a visit with their primary care provider, leads to health behavior improvement over six weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
167
The intervention will be a form, given prior to a primary care visit, that allows patients to express a self-management goal (health goal) they would like to work on, and a preferred treatment modality.
Level One Physicians
Denver, Colorado, United States
Lowry Family Health Center
Denver, Colorado, United States
Self-rated health
Single item measure of self rated health: "How would you rate your overall health during the past week? (1=Very Poor, 7=Excellent)?" We will compare scores between groups as well as change over 6-weeks between groups.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Health behavior improvement
Our secondary outcome measure will include a measure of behavior specific improvements. We will evaluate both component improvements for their specified behavior, as well as the composite score of negative health behaviors assessed from a series of questions.
Time frame: 6 Weeks
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