Communicating Multiple Disease Risks

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

Epidemiology seeks to improve public health by identifying risk factors for cancer and other diseases and conveying that information to relevant audiences. The audience is presumed to understand and use that information to make appropriate decisions about lifestyle behaviors and medical treatments. Yet, even though a single risk factor can affect the risk of multiple health outcomes, this information is seldom communicated to people in a way that optimizes their understanding of the importance of engaging in a single healthy behavior. Providing individuals with the ability to understand how a single behavior (obtaining sufficient physical activity) could affect their risk of developing multiple diseases could foster a more coherent and meaningful picture of the behavior's importance in reducing health risks, increase motivation and intentions to engage in the behavior, and over time improve public health. The proposed study translates epidemiological data about five diseases that cause significant morbidity and mortality (i.e., colon cancer, breast cancer (women), heart disease, diabetes, and stroke) into a visual display that conveys individualized risk estimates in a comprehensible, meaningful, and useful way to diverse lay audiences.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02621671

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

1191

Starts

2015-04-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-27

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-06

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 30-65 years of age
• Able to read and communicate in English
• Not meeting national guidelines for aerobic physical activity (at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity)

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 30 years of age
• Older than 65 years of age
• Not able to read and communicate in English
• Meets national guidelines for aerobic physical activity (at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity)

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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