Comparison of Methods to Improve Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Rates in the Primary Care Setting.

Completed

Conditions studied: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

In brief

Standard of care dictates that eligible patients should receive an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening ultrasound. At present, different military primary care physicians utilize different methods at their discretion to ensure their patients get screened-telephone contact; mail-out reminders; referring patients for ultrasound directly from an office visit; as well as other methods-which we will refer to as "usual care". The purpose of this study is to improve screening rates for AAA and determine what notification methods are best at improving screening rates.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01301534
Run by
Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital
People needed
1700
Starts
2010-12-01
Expected to finish
2012-06-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-11-25

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 75. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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