Electronic Tools to Assist With Identification of and Counseling for Overweight Patients

NCT00973661 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STU00013264
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,600
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Overweight

Keywords

Overweight; Diagnosis; Counseling; Medical Records Systems, Computerized

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Documented diagnosis of overweight

  September 1, 2009-February 28, 2010

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Documented counseling for overweight.

  September 1, 2009-February 28, 2010

• Documentation of specific behavior change goals

  September 1, 2009-February 28, 2010

Study Arms (2)

Electronic tools

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Electronic tool set for counseling overweight patients

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Electronic tool set for counseling overweight patients BEHAVIORAL

Physicians randomized to the "electronic tools" arm will receive access to a tool set to aid with counseling of overweight patients. This tool set includes the following components: automatic calculation of BMI, alert for overweight status, counseling template for weight loss goal-setting, linkage to referral options, and access to relevant patient handouts. Physicians randomized to the "usual care" arm will not receive access to these tools, and will continue to provide their usual care for overweight patients.

Electronic tools

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Consenting physicians from the Northwestern Memorial General Internal Medicine (NMFF GIM) practice

You may not qualify if:

• Study investigators will be excluded from participation (Dr. David Baker, Dr. Joyce Tang)
• 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
• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northwestern University: lead
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pathologic Processes

Study Officials

• Joyce W Tang, MD

  Northwestern University, Department of General Internal Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2009
• First Posted: September 9, 2009
• Study Start: March 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2010
• Study Completion: September 1, 2010
• Last Updated: July 27, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-07

Locations

US (1)