ACTIVATE: Standard Worksite Health Program vs. Activated Consumer (ACTIVATE)

A 3-year, randomized, controlled trial comparing a traditional worksite health promotion program and an activated consumer program on health practices, health status and patient activation measures.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Evidence of Improved Health Status
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Control; Behavioral: Counseling in use of health care; Behavioral: Counseling in diet, exercise

Detailed Description

The design is a cluster, randomized controlled trial of two companies with three arms in each company. The arms include two control groups (one from each company), two intervention groups using a standard health promotion intervention, and two intervention groups that constitute using an activated consumer intervention. The standard intervention includes educational offerings to address health behaviors. The activated consumer intervention offers shorter education sessions and includes decision tools and skills development for working with heath care providers to better manage health and clinical conditions. Variables include health risk assessments, clinical measures such as lipids, blood pressure, body mass index, and tobacco use, perception of health care consumer practices, claims costs, and absenteeism analysis.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 631
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Airline and health care employees

Exclusion Criteria:

• Minors

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Counseling in use of health care	Behavioral: Counseling in use of health care
Active Comparator: Counseling in diet, exercise	Behavioral: Counseling in diet, exercise
Placebo Comparator: Contol group	Other: Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Develop and evaluate a worksite-based, activated consumer intervention	March 2005; March 2007

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: HealthPartners Institute
• Collaborators: University of Minnesota

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2004
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2008
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 29, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): December 30, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 26, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 25, 2015
• Last Verified: December 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: R01DP000104-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)