Personalized Disease Prevention (PDP): study protocol for a cluster-randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends 25 primary preventive services for middle-aged adults, but it can be difficult to do them all.

Methods

The Personalized Disease Prevention (PDP) cluster-randomized clinical trial will evaluate whether patients and their providers benefit from an evidence-based decision tool to prioritize preventive services based on their potential to improve quality-adjusted life expectancy. The decision tool will be individualized for patient risk factors and available in the electronic health record. This Phase III trial seeks to enroll 60 primary care providers (clusters) and 600 patients aged 40-75 years. Half of providers will be assigned to an intervention to utilize the decision tool with approximately 10 patients each, and

SUBMITTER: Taksler GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587586 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature