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Effectiveness of the population-based Check your health preventive programme conducted in primary care with 4 years follow-up [the CORE trial]: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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The CORE-trial: a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care Investigating Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of the Check Your Health Preventive Programme Offered Population-wide to 30-49 Years
Effect on Attendance if Including Focused Information of Spirometry in Preventive Health Checks - a Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pre-Participation Evaluation of Recreational and Competitive Athletes - A Systematic Review of Guidelines and Consensus Statements.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Risk scoring for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the population-based 'check your health preventive programme' conducted in a primary care setting: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2022Trial
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- The effect on participation rates of including focused spirometry information in a health check invitation: a cluster-randomised trial in Denmark.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Effects of a motivational, individual and locally anchored exercise intervention (MILE) on cardiorespiratory fitness: a community-based randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2019Trial
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- Effect of including fitness testing in preventive health checks on cardiorespiratory fitness and motivation: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- Preventive circadian medicine: improving health with sleep checkups.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2025Review
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- Digital Recruitment and Acceptance of a Stepwise Model to Prevent Chronic Disease in the Danish Primary Care Sector: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Initiation and cessation of mental healthcare after mental health screening in primary care: a prospective cohort study.BMC family practice · 2018Article
- Mental health assessment in health checks of participants aged 30-49 years: A large-scale cohort study.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Patterns of attendance to health checks in a municipality setting: the Danish 'Check Your Health Preventive Program'.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Association between self-reported and objectively measured physical fitness level in a middle-aged population in primary care.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe periodic health check-up has been a fundamental part of routine medical practice for decades, despite a lack of consensus regarding its value in health promotion and disease prevention. A large-scale Danish population-based preventive programme 'Check your health' was developed based on available evidence of screening and successive accepted treatment, prevention for diseases and health promotion, and is closely aligned with the current health care system.The objective of the 'Check your health' [CORE] trial is to investigate effectiveness on health outcomes of a preventive health check offered at a population-level to all individuals aged 30-49 years, and to establish the cost-effectiveness. METHODS/
designThe trial will be conducted as a pragmatic household-cluster randomised controlled trial involving 10,505 individuals. All individuals within a well-defined geographical area in the Central Denmark Region, Denmark (DK) were randomised to be offered a preventive health check (Intervention group, n = 5250) or to maintain routine access to healthcare until a delayed intervention (Comparison group, n = 5255). The programme consists of a health examination which yields an individual risk profile, and according to this participants are assigned to one of the following interventions: (a) referral to a health promoting consultation in general practice, (b) behavioural programmes at the local Health Centre, or (c) no need for follow-up.The primary outcomes at 4 years follow-up are: ten-year-risk of fatal cardiovascular event (Heart-SCORE model), physical activity level (self-report and cardiorespiratory fitness), quality of life (SF12), sick leave and labour market attachment. Cost-effectiveness will be evaluated according to life years gained, direct costs and total health costs. Intention to treat analysis will be performed. DISCUSSION: Results from the largest Danish health check programme conducted within the current healthcare system, spanning the sectors which share responsibility for the individual, will provide a scientific basis to be used in the development of systems to optimise population health in the 21st century.
trial registrationThe trial has registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with an ID: NCT02028195 (7. March 2014).
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