Check Yourself v2.0

Improving Teen Health With Health Information Technology

Health risk screening in adolescent primary care is infrequently performed and results are rarely followed by targeted intervention. In response to the need for screening-linked interventions, the study team has developed and optimized a web-based, electronic Personalized Motivational Feedback tool referred to as "Check Yourself v2.0" Based on motivational interviewing, a technique to mobilize personal change, Check Yourself is designed to promote healthy choices for the multiple behaviors relevant to adolescents.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Adolescent Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Check Yourself v2.0

Detailed Description

The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial that compares the effectiveness of Check Yourself v2.0 to usual care. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of Check Yourself on reducing health risk behaviors and improving quality of care among adolescents receiving primary health care services relative to usual care.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 300
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
      • Seattle Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible adolescent participants will be13-18 years of age
• Able to understand English.
• Will have an appointment (or have a child with an appointment) with a participating medical practice.

Exclusion Criteria: Adolescents will be excluded from the study

• Participants do not meet age requirements
• Do not have an appointment with a participating provider at a PSPRN clinic,
• Lack the means to complete follow-up interviews (i.e., have neither telephone nor internet access)
• Have a sibling who has been/is being enrolled in the study or have previously participated in our previous trial comparing Check Yourself to usual care
• Not able to understand English.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Check Yourself v2.0; In the intervention group, adolescents complete Check Yourself which delivers personalized, motivational feedback on their health behaviors prior to their primary care appointment. Key components of Check Yourself include the provision of age normative feedback, goal setting strategies, and strategies to highlight discrepancies. Primary care providers will receive a summary report of health risk behaviors prior to their adolescent patient's primary care appointment.	Behavioral: Check Yourself v2.0; In the intervention group, adolescents complete Check Yourself which delivers personalized, motivational feedback on their health behaviors prior to their primary care appointment. Key components of Check Yourself include the provision of age normative feedback, goal setting strategies, and strategies to increase motivation for healthy behaviors. Primary care providers will receive a summary report of health risk behaviors prior to their adolescent patient's primary care appointment.
No Intervention: Usual care; In the usual care group, patients are asked to complete health risk screening on a computer. No personalized feedback is provided to adolescents and primary care providers do not receive a summary report of the adolescent's health risk behaviors

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Health risk behaviors	The risk behavior scale includes 22 values: 0 (min) to 21 (max). Higher scores indicate a worse outcome. Endorsement of any of the following counts as 1 (moderate risk) or 2 (high risk) on the scale depending on response and participant: ≥2 sugar-sweetened beverages consumed during typical day; ≤3 servings fruits/vegetables consumed during typical day; ≤3 days with 60+ minutes exercise during typical week; texting while driving in past 3 months; ≤7 hrs of sleep during typical night; not "always" using seatbelt; not "always" using helmet when bicycling; having driven under the influence of substances; tobacco use; days alcohol consumption in last 30 days (risk based on age) and/or number of drinks per drinking episode (risk based on age & sex); days marijuana consumption in last 30 days (risk based on age) and/or other drug use in past 3 months; not using birth control during last sexual intercourse and/or not "always" using a condom; & score of ≥10 on PHQ-9 depression.	3 months
Sweetened Beverage Consumption	Adolescent self-reported sweetened beverages consumed in a typical day in past 3 months. The sweetened beverages scale includes 4 values: 0 (min), 1, 2, or 3+ (max) sweetened beverages per day. Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	3 months
Physical Activity	Adolescent self-reported days with >60 minutes of physical activity in an average week in past 3 months. The physical activity scale includes 8 values: 0 (min) to 7 (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Sleep	Adolescent self-reported hours of sleep on a typical night in past 3 months. . The sleep scale includes 13 values: 0 (min) to 12+ (max) hours of sleep per night. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Alcohol Consumption (frequency)	Adolescent self-reported number of days of alcohol consumption and number of drinks during a typical drinking episode in the prior month	3 month
Marijuana and/or Other Drug Consumption	Adolescent self-reported number of days using marijuana in the past month and/or other drugs used in past 3 months. Two questions were used for this category. The marijuana frequency scale includes 31 values: 0 (min) to 30 (max) days in the past month. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. Adolescent self-reported use of other drugs in the past 3 months. The other drug score includes 2 values: 0=no (min) and 1=yes (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	3 month
Depression	Adolescent self-reported depression as measured on the nine item Patient Health Questionnaire in past 2 weeks. The PHQ-9 depression scale includes 28 values: 0 (min) to 27 (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	3 month
Seat belt Use	Adolescent self-reported frequency of seat belt use in a car in past 3 months. . The seatbelt use scale includes 4 values: 1=never (min), 2=sometimes, 3=usually, or 4=always (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Helmet Use	Adolescent self-reported frequency of helmet use while bicycling in past 3 months. The helmet use scale includes 4 values: 1=never (min), 2=sometimes, 3=usually, or 4=always (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Texting while driving	Adolescent self-reported endorsement of texting while driving in past 3 months. This question is only asked among adolescents who drive a car. The texting while driving scale includes 4 values: 1=never (min), 2=sometimes, 3=usually, or 4=always (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	3 month
Condom Use and/or Birth Control Use	Adolescent self-reported condom use with sexual intercourse in past 3 months and/or use of birth control with last sexual intercourse. Two questions were used for this category. These questions were asked only to sexually active youth. The condom use scale includes 4 values: 1=always (min), 2=often, 3=sometimes, 4=never (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome. The birth control scale includes 2 values: 0=no (min), 1=yes (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Driving with Impairment	Adolescent self-reported driving under the influence of a substance in past 3 months. This question was asked only of adolescents who drive a car. The driving with impairment scale includes 2 values: 0=no (min) and 1=yes (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome	3 month
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption	Adolescent self-reported fruits and vegetables consumed in a typical day in past 3 months. The fruits and vegetables scale includes 6 values: 0 (min), 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5+ (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	3 month
Percent of risk behaviors counseled on during primary care appointment	Percent of adolescent-reported health risk behaviors discussed with the healthcare provider during the primary care visit adjusted for the total number of health risk behaviors reported at baseline.	1 day
Adolescent Satisfaction with Care	Adolescent satisfaction with care will be assessed using 1 item adapted from the consumer Assessment Of healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) measure at 1 day follow up. The CAHPS scale includes 10 values: 1 (min) to 10 (max). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	1 day
Tobacco Use	Adolescent self-reported endorsement of tobacco use in past 3 months. The tobacco use scale includes 2 values: 0=no (min) or 1=yes (max). Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	3 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sweetened Beverage Consumption	Adolescent self-reported sweetened beverages consumed in a typical day in past 3 months	6 month
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption	Adolescent self-reported fruits and vegetables consumed in a typical day in past 3 months	6 month
Physical Activity	Adolescent self-reported days with >60 minutes of physical activity in an average week in past 3 months	6 month
Sleep	Adolescent self-reported hours of sleep on a typical night in past 3 months	6 month
Marijuana and/or Other Drug Consumption	Adolescent self-reported number of days using marijuana in the past month and/or other drugs used in past 3 months	6 month
Depression	Adolescent self-reported depression as measured on the nine item Patient Health Questionnaire in past 2 weeks	6 month
Helmet Use	Adolescent self-reported frequency of helmet use while bicycling in past 3 months	6 month
Number of Health risk behaviors	Adolescent total count health-risk behaviors at 6 month follow-up including: During typical day: ≥2 sugar-sweetened beverages consumed and ≤3 servings fruits/vegetables consumed; ≤3 days with 60+ minutes exercise during typical week; having texted while driving in past 3 months; ≤7 hours of sleep during typical night; not "always" using seatbelt; not "always" using helmet when bicycling; having driven under the influence of substances; tobacco use; days of alcohol consumption in last 30 days (risk based on age: ≥1 day/30 days (ages 13-15), ≥2 days/30 days (ages 16-17), or ≥3 days/30 days (age 18)) and/or number of drinks per drinking episode (risk based on age and sex: ≥3 (Girls 13-17; Boys 13), ≥4 (Girls 18; Boys 14-15), or ≥5 (Boys 16-18)); days marijuana consumption in 30 day (risk based on age) and/or other drugs use in past 3 months; not using birth control during last sexual intercourse and/or not "always" using a condom; and score of ≥10 on PHQ-9.	6 months
Alcohol Consumption	Adolescent self-reported number of days of alcohol consumption and number of drinks during a typical drinking episode in the prior month	6 month
Seat-belt Use	Adolescent self-reported frequency of seatbelt use in a car in past 3 months	6 month
Texting while driving	Adolescent self-reported endorsement of texting while driving in past 3 months	6 month
Condom Use and or Birth Control Use	Adolescent self-reported condom use with sexual intercourse in past 3 months and/or use of birth control at last sexual intercourse	6 month
Driving with Alcohol Impairment	Adolescent self-reported driving under the influence of a substance	6 month
Interval Receipt of Care	Dichotomous variable indicating receipt of any follow-up care to address risk behaviors identified at baseline adjusted for baseline number of health risk behaviors	3 months
Interval Receipt of Care	Dichotomous variable indicating receipt of any follow-up care to address risk behaviors identified at baseline adjusted for baseline number of health risk behaviors	6 months
Readiness to Change Ruler	Assessment of adolescent reported motivation to change overall health	1-day
Readiness to Change Ruler	Assessment of adolescent reported motivation to change overall health	3 months
Readiness to Change Ruler	Assessment of adolescent reported motivation to change overall health	6 months
Adolescent Health Self -Efficacy	Self-report of adolescent health self efficacy	1 day
Tobacco Use	Adolescent self-reported endorsement of tobacco use in past 3 months	6 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Carolyn McCarty

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Richardson L, Parker EO, Zhou C, Kientz J, Ozer E, McCarty C. Electronic Health Risk Behavior Screening With Integrated Feedback Among Adolescents in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Mar 12;23(3):e24135. doi: 10.2196/24135.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 25, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 29, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): August 30, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 31, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 27, 2020
• Last Verified: August 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 1R01HS023383-01 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO