Improving Health Behaviors Through Telephone Linked Care

NCT00314197 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 06-005
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators propose to conduct a randomized controlled trial at the patient level of the Telephone Linked Care - Behavioral Change (TLC-BC) system, which is designed to promote smoking cessation, reduce risky drinking, and improve physical activity and diet. They expect to:

1. 1.successfully integrate an automated telephone behavior change intervention into primary care practices;
2. 2.demonstrate improvement in health behaviors for individuals randomized (assigned by systematic chance) to use the TLC-BC system compared to individuals who receive written health education informational packets; and
3. 3.evaluate the direct costs associated with the use and operation of the TLC-BC system.

Conditions

Diet; Physical Activity; Smoking; Alcohol Abuse

Keywords

automated counseling system; telephone-based intervention; behavior change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• At 6 months a clinically significant improvement in behavioral change rates will be demonstrated for diet, physical activity and smoking in the intervention group compared to patients in the control group

  6 months

• At baseline, 3, 6, and 9 months risky drinking will be identified, but there will be no difference in improvement between the study groups.

  baseline, 3, 6, and 9 months

Interventions

Telephone Linked Care - Behavior Change Counseling System BEHAVIORAL

Telephone-linked behavioral counseling BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• Capable of giving informed consent
• Reliable access to a phone
• Able to read English

You may not qualify if:

• Less than 18 years of age
• Not capable of giving informed consent
• No reliable access to a phone
• Unable to read English (including blindness)
• Too ill to participate
• Not willing to allow the Telephone Linked Care - Behavior Change system to provide health information reports based on responses to physician

Sponsors & Collaborators

• American Academy of Family Physicians: lead
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: collaborator
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network

Leawood, Kansas, 66211-2672, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Smoking; Alcoholism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Wilson D Pace, MD, FAAFP

  American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2006
• First Posted: April 13, 2006
• Study Start: April 1, 2006
• Study Completion: June 1, 2007
• Last Updated: September 26, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-09

Locations

US (1)