The Effect of a Scratch Off Prompt on Health Engagement

Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening) Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of a Scratch Off Prompt on Health Engagement

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01401621
• Other study ID #: 813606-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 21, 2011
• Last updated: October 8, 2015
• Start date: July 2014
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2015
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this project is to determine whether prompting the recipient of a health reminder mailing to scratch off targeted area.

Description:

The investigators will randomly assign individuals with different scratch off messages to 3 groups. The investigators are interested in whether the scratch off message will result in an increase in compliance with the recommended health behavior.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 84953
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a blood pressure check

• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a cholesterol test

• Employee at partner corporation that implemented the study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening)
• Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening)
• Lipid Metabolism Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Scratchoff Prompt: Name of Test
A prompt will have the recipient scratch off the message that reveals the name of the test that the recipient needs
• Scratchoff Prompt: Call to Action
A prompt will have the recipient scratch off the message to find out how to follow the recommendation that the test be received.
• Control
No scratch-off element

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants that schedule an appointment for receipt of the relevant test		up to 52 weeks	No