A Medical Assistant-Based Program to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Smoking, Problem Drinking, Sedentary Lifestyle, Unhealthy Diet
In brief
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a program of screening and intervention for four health risk behaviors (smoking, problem drinking, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet) carried out by medical assistants in primary care practices can help patients improve their behaviors. The hypothesis is that patients who receive the intervention will demonstrate higher rates of health behavior change than patients who receive usual care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00273806
- Run by
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- People needed
- 864
- Starts
- 2005-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-08-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 or over
- Uninsured, enrolled in Bexar County CareLink program
- Has completed baseline Health Risk Assessment
You may not qualify if…
- Unwillingness to participate
Where it is running
- University Center for Community Health — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University Health Center Downtown — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University Health Center North — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University Health Center Southeast — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University Physicians Group - Diagnostic Pavilion — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University Health Center Southwest — San Antonio, Texas, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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