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Effect on attendance by including focused information on spirometry in preventive health checks: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Lene Maria Ørts, Anders Løkke, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Annelli Sandbæk

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02615769 (Effect on Attendance if Including Focused Information of Spirometry in Preventive Health Checks - a Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT02615769 nacompletednot on this map

Effect on Attendance if Including Focused Information of Spirometry in Preventive Health Checks - a Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AarhusRan2015 to 2017Enrolled4,496ConditionsSpirometry, Patient Participation, Health Literacy, Lung DiseasesArmsfocused information of spirometry in the invitation, standard invitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lene Maria ØrtsDepartment of Public Health, Section for General Practice, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark. lmo@ph.au.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-5834-0639
Anders LøkkeDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Anne-Louise BjerregaardDepartment of Public Health, Section for General Practice, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
Helle Terkildsen MaindalDepartment of Public Health, Section of Health Promotion and Health Services, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
Annelli SandbækDepartment of Public Health, Section for General Practice, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEarly detection of lung diseases can help to reduce their severity. Lung diseases are among the most frequently occurring and serious diseases worldwide; nonetheless, many patients remain undiagnosed. Preventive health checks including spirometry can detect lung diseases at early stages; however, recruitment for health checks remains a challenge, and little is known about what motivates the attendance. The aim of the study is to examine whether focused information on spirometry in the invitation compared to general information will impact the attendance rate in preventive health checks. METHODS/

designThis randomized, controlled trial tests the effect of information on spirometry embedded in the Check your Health Preventive Program (CHPP). The CHPP is an open-label, household cluster-randomized, controlled trial offering a preventive health check to 30- to -49-year-olds in a Danish municipality from 2012 to 2017 (n = 26,216). During 2015-2016, 4356 citizens aged 30-49 years will be randomized into two groups. The intervention group receives an invitation which highlights the value and contents of spirometry as part of a health check and information about lung diseases. The comparison group receives a standard invitation containing practical information and specifies the contents of the general health check. Outcomes are (1) differences in attendance rates measured by the proportion of citizens attending each of the two study groups and (2) proportion of persons at risk defined by smoking status and self-reported lung symptoms in the study groups. The proportion of participants with abnormal spirometry assessed at the preventive health check will be compared between the two study groups. DISCUSSION: The results from the present study will inform future recruitment strategies to health checks. The developed material on content, value, and information about lung disease is feasible and transferable to other populations, making it easy to implement if effective.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02615769 . Registered on 25 November 2015.

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Clinical ProtocolsPreventive Health ServicesSpirometryAdultHumansLung DiseasesMiddle AgedAttendancePreventive health checkSpirometry

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