New study tests how to make healthy living advice part of routine doctor visits
NCT ID NCT04799860
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at ways to help primary care staff talk to patients about healthy habits like exercise, diet, alcohol, and smoking. Over 12,000 people took part. Researchers measured how often staff used these new practices and how well they were accepted.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show effective strategies for integrating lifestyle advice into routine primary care, potentially improving public health.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a treatment trial. It measures process changes, not health outcomes, so direct patient benefits are uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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12,000 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for co-workers: * being a caregiver meeting patients and/or * being assigned a role as internal or external facilitator in the project Inclusion criteria for patients filling in the study specific questionnaire: * 18 years or older * visiting primary care units a specific time pre- or post implementation support Inclusion criteria for personcentered processmapping: \* : having one or more unhealthy life-style habit 18 years or older Inclusion criterina for managers: \* being a manager at a primary care unit or at higher level
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Region Örebro County
Örebro, 70185, Sweden
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