Status:
COMPLETED
Electronic Tools to Assist With Identification of and Counseling for Overweight Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Overweight
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to design and assess the impact of an electronic alert and tool set to assist with physician identification and counseling of overweight patients.
Detailed Description
Overweight adults (Body Mass Index \[BMI\] 25-29.9) are at high risk for developing obesity, but rates of physician identification and counseling of overweight adults are low. Alerts and tools embedde...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria (physicians):
- Consenting physicians from the Northwestern Memorial General Internal Medicine (NMFF GIM) practice
- Exclusion Criteria (physicians):
- Study investigators will be excluded from participation (Dr. David Baker, Dr. Joyce Tang)
- Inclusion Criteria (patients):
- Adults ages 18-65 seen at the NMFF GIM who are patients of consenting physicians
- Have at least one appointment at the NMFF GIM clinic between 9/1/09-2/28/10
- Body mass index (BMI) 27-29.9 at one or more visits between 9/1/09-2/28/10
- Exclusion Criteria (patients):
- Patients without at least one recorded height measurement from any prior visit or without weight information from a visit within the 6 month target window will be excluded due to inability to calculate BMI.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
2600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00973661
Start Date
March 1 2010
End Date
September 1 2010
Last Update
July 27 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611