NCT00013130

Brief Summary

Health care organizations, including the VA, are investing substantial effort to improve quality of care. As part of this process, greater emphasis is being placed on measurement of outcomes, and in particular, functional outcomes and satisfaction as reported by patients.

Trial Health

80
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
62,487

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2

Geographic Reach
1 country

5 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2001

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 14, 2001

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 16, 2001

Completed
Last Updated

April 7, 2015

Status Verified

February 1, 2007

First QC Date

March 14, 2001

Last Update Submit

April 6, 2015

Conditions

Health Status MeasuresOutcomesContinuous Quality Improvement

Study Arms (1)

Arm 1

OTHER
Behavioral: Provision of health status information to patients provider

Interventions

Provision of health status information to patients providerBEHAVIORAL
Arm 1

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Enrolled in VA GIM clinic with visit in past year

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (5)

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR

No. Little Rock, Arkansas, 72114-1706, United States

Location

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto, California, 94304-1290, United States

Location

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

West Los Angeles, California, 90073, United States

Location

White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT

White River Junction, Illinois, 05009-0001, United States

Location

VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Seattle, Washington, 98108, United States

Location

Related Publications (38)

  • Williams EC, Peytremann-Bridevaux I, Fan VS, Bryson CL, Blough DK, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA. The association between alcohol screening scores and health status in male veterans. J Addict Med. 2010 Mar;4(1):27-37. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3181a196b5.

    PMID: 21769021RESULT

  • Fan VS, Bridevaux PO, McDonell MB, Fihn SD, Besser LM, Au DH. Regional variation in health status among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Respiration. 2011;81(1):9-17. doi: 10.1159/000320115. Epub 2010 Aug 17.

    PMID: 20720400RESULT

  • Bryson CL, Au DH, Sun H, Williams EC, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA. Alcohol screening scores and medication nonadherence. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 2;149(11):795-804. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-11-200812020-00004.

    PMID: 19047026RESULT

  • Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Bachelder BL, Fesmire FM, Fihn SD, Foody JM, Ho PM, Kosiborod MN, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Hospital Medicine. ACC/AHA 2008 performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Developed in Collaboration With the American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Emergency Physicians Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Dec 9;52(24):2046-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.10.012. No abstract available.

    PMID: 19056000RESULT

  • Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Bachelder BL, Fesmire FM, Fihn SD, Foody JM, Ho PM, Kosiborod MN, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Hospital Medicine. ACC/AHA 2008 performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to develop performance measures for ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction): developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Emergency Physicians: endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine. Circulation. 2008 Dec 9;118(24):2596-648. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.191099. Epub 2008 Nov 10. No abstract available.

    PMID: 19001027RESULT

  • Bryson CL, Au DH, Young B, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. A refill adherence algorithm for multiple short intervals to estimate refill compliance (ReComp). Med Care. 2007 Jun;45(6):497-504. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180329368.

    PMID: 17515776RESULT

  • Parimon T, Chien JW, Bryson CL, McDonell MB, Udris EM, Au DH. Inhaled corticosteroids and risk of lung cancer among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr 1;175(7):712-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200608-1125OC. Epub 2006 Dec 21.

    PMID: 17185647RESULT

  • DeSalvo KB, Fan VS, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Predicting mortality and healthcare utilization with a single question. Health Serv Res. 2005 Aug;40(4):1234-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00404.x.

    PMID: 16033502RESULT

  • Liu CF, Campbell DG, Chaney EF, Li YF, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Depression diagnosis and antidepressant treatment among depressed VA primary care patients. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2006 May;33(3):331-41. doi: 10.1007/s10488-006-0043-5.

    PMID: 16755394RESULT

  • Davis GE, Bryson CL, Yueh B, McDonell MB, Micek MA, Fihn SD. Treatment delay associated with alternative medicine use among veterans with head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2006 Oct;28(10):926-31. doi: 10.1002/hed.20420.

    PMID: 16755583RESULT

  • Spertus JA, McDonell M, Woodman CL, Fihn SD. Association between depression and worse disease-specific functional status in outpatients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J. 2000 Jul;140(1):105-10. doi: 10.1067/mhj.2000.106600.

    PMID: 10874270RESULT

  • Diehr P, Patrick DL, Spertus J, Kiefe CI, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Transforming self-rated health and the SF-36 scales to include death and improve interpretability. Med Care. 2001 Jul;39(7):670-80. doi: 10.1097/00005650-200107000-00004.

    PMID: 11458132RESULT

  • Bridevaux IP, Bradley KA, Bryson CL, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Alcohol screening results in elderly male veterans: association with health status and mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Sep;52(9):1510-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52414.x.

    PMID: 15341553RESULT

  • Burman ML, Kivlahan D, Buchbinder M, Broglio K, Zhou XH, Merrill JO, McDonell MB, Fihn SD, Bradley KA; Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project Investigators. Alcohol-related advice for Veterans Affairs primary care patients: Who gets it? Who gives it? J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Sep;65(5):621-30. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2004.65.621.

    PMID: 15536772RESULT

  • Bradley KA, Kivlahan DR, Zhou XH, Sporleder JL, Epler AJ, McCormick KA, Merrill JO, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Using alcohol screening results and treatment history to assess the severity of at-risk drinking in Veterans Affairs primary care patients. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Mar;28(3):448-55. doi: 10.1097/01.alc.0000117836.38108.38.

    PMID: 15084903RESULT

  • Fan VS, Burman M, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Continuity of care and other determinants of patient satisfaction with primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Mar;20(3):226-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40135.x.

    PMID: 15836525RESULT

  • Tu SP, McDonell MB, Spertus JA, Steele BG, Fihn SD. A new self-administered questionnaire to monitor health-related quality of life in patients with COPD. Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (ACQUIP) Investigators. Chest. 1997 Sep;112(3):614-22. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.3.614.

    PMID: 9315792RESULT

  • Kiefe CI, McDonell MB, Martin D, Fihn S. Patient satisfaction and perceived health status: general and coronary artery disease specific racial differences among veterans [abstract]. [Abstract]. Abstract book / Annual Meeting. Association for Health Services Research. Meeting. 1997 Oct 15; 14P70:70.

    RESULT

  • Au DH, Udris EM, Curtis JR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD; ACQUIP Investigators. Association between chronic heart failure and inhaled beta-2-adrenoceptor agonists. Am Heart J. 2004 Nov;148(5):915-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.048.

    PMID: 15523327RESULT

  • Au DH, Bryson CL, Fan VS, Udris EM, Curtis JR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Beta-blockers as single-agent therapy for hypertension and the risk of mortality among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Med. 2004 Dec 15;117(12):925-31. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.07.043.

    PMID: 15629731RESULT

  • Spertus JA, Winder JA, Dewhurst TA, Deyo RA, Fihn SD. Monitoring the quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 1994 Dec 15;74(12):1240-4. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90555-x.

    PMID: 7977097RESULT

  • Fihn SD, McDonell MB, Diehr P, Anderson SM, Bradley KA, Au DH, Spertus JA, Burman M, Reiber GE, Kiefe CI, Cody M, Sanders KM, Whooley MA, Rosenfeld K, Baczek LA, Sauvigne A. Effects of sustained audit/feedback on self-reported health status of primary care patients. Am J Med. 2004 Feb 15;116(4):241-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.10.026.

    PMID: 14969652RESULT

  • Felker B, Katon W, Hedrick SC, Rasmussen J, McKnight K, McDonnell MB, Fihn SD. The association between depressive symptoms and health status in patients with chronic pulmonary disease. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2001 Mar-Apr;23(2):56-61. doi: 10.1016/s0163-8343(01)00127-x.

    PMID: 11313071RESULT

  • Smith NL, Chen L, Au DH, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Cardiovascular risk factor control among veterans with diabetes: the ambulatory care quality improvement project. Diabetes Care. 2004 May;27 Suppl 2:B33-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.27.suppl_2.b33.

    PMID: 15113780RESULT

  • Reiber GE, Au D, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Diabetes quality improvement in Department of Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Clinics: a group-randomized clinical trial. Diabetes Care. 2004 May;27 Suppl 2:B61-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.27.suppl_2.b61.

    PMID: 15113785RESULT

  • Reiber GE, McDonell MB, Schleyer AM, Fihn SD, Reda DJ. A comprehensive system for quality improvement in ambulatory care: assessing the quality of diabetes care. Patient Educ Couns. 1995 Sep;26(1-3):337-41. doi: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00741-h.

    PMID: 7494747RESULT

  • Au DH, Kivlahan DR, Bryson CL, Blough D, Bradley KA. Alcohol screening scores and risk of hospitalizations for GI conditions in men. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Mar;31(3):443-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00325.x.

    PMID: 17295729RESULT

  • Fan VS, Reiber GE, Diehr P, Burman M, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Functional status and patient satisfaction: a comparison of ischemic heart disease, obstructive lung disease, and diabetes mellitus. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 May;20(5):452-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40057.x.

    PMID: 15963172RESULT

  • Ohldin A, Young B, Derleth A, McDonell M, Diehr P, Kiefe C, Fihn S. Ethnic differences in satisfaction and quality of life in veterans with ischemic heart disease. J Natl Med Assoc. 2004 Jun;96(6):799-808.

    PMID: 15233490RESULT

  • Henderson WG, Demakis J, Fihn SD, Weinberger M, Oddone E, Deykin D. Cooperative studies in health services research in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Control Clin Trials. 1998 Apr;19(2):134-48. doi: 10.1016/s0197-2456(97)00148-7.

    PMID: 9551278RESULT

  • Spertus JA, Winder JA, Dewhurst TA, Deyo RA, Prodzinski J, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Development and evaluation of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire: a new functional status measure for coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995 Feb;25(2):333-41. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)00397-9.

    PMID: 7829785RESULT

  • Bradley KA, McDonell MB, Bush K, Kivlahan DR, Diehr P, Fihn SD. The AUDIT alcohol consumption questions: reliability, validity, and responsiveness to change in older male primary care patients. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1998 Nov;22(8):1842-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03991.x.

    PMID: 9835306RESULT

  • Arterburn DE, McDonell MB, Hedrick SC, Diehr P, Fihn SD. Association of body weight with condition-specific quality of life in male veterans. Am J Med. 2004 Nov 15;117(10):738-46. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.06.031.

    PMID: 15541323RESULT

  • Fan VS, Bryson CL, Curtis JR, Fihn SD, Bridevaux PO, McDonell MB, Au DH. Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of death and hospitalization: time-dependent analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Dec 15;168(12):1488-94. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200301-019OC. Epub 2003 Oct 2.

    PMID: 14525798RESULT

  • Fan VS, Au DH, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Intraindividual change in SF-36 in ambulatory clinic primary care patients predicted mortality and hospitalizations. J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 Mar;57(3):277-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.08.004.

    PMID: 15066688RESULT

  • Bradley KA, Maynard C, Kivlahan DR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD; Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project Investigators. The relationship between alcohol screening questionnaires and mortality among male veteran outpatients. J Stud Alcohol. 2001 Nov;62(6):826-33. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2001.62.826.

    PMID: 11838920RESULT

  • Spertus JA, Dewhurst TA, Dougherty CM, Nichol P, McDonell M, Bliven B, Fihn SD. Benefits of an "angina clinic" for patients with coronary artery disease: a demonstration of health status measures as markers of health care quality. Am Heart J. 2002 Jan;143(1):145-50. doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.119894.

    PMID: 11773925RESULT

  • Keeffe B, Subramanian U, Tierney WM, Udris E, Willems J, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Provider response to computer-based care suggestions for chronic heart failure. Med Care. 2005 May;43(5):461-5. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000160378.53326.f3.

    PMID: 15838410RESULT

Study Officials

  • Stephan D. Fihn, MD MPH

    VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, MD

    VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Marisue Cody, PhD RN MPA

    Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
FED
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 14, 2001

First Posted

March 16, 2001

Study Completion

February 1, 2001

Last Updated

April 7, 2015

Record last verified: 2007-02

Locations

US(5)