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

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    Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic

    Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611