The PRO-AGE study: an international randomised controlled study of health risk appraisal for older persons based in general practice

• Published in: BMC medical research methodology Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 2
• Main Authors: Stuck, Andreas E, Kharicha, Kalpa, Dapp, Ulrike, Anders, Jennifer, von Renteln-Kruse, Wolfgang, Meier-Baumgartner, Hans Peter, Iliffe, Steve, Harari, Danielle, Bachmann, Martin D, Egger, Matthias, Gillmann, Gerhard, Beck, John C, Swift, Cameron G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.01.2007; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Europe; Family Practice; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Health aspects; Health Promotion; Health risk assessment; Health Status; Health surveys; Humans; Methods; Middle Aged; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Factors; Study Protocol; Surveys; Europe; United Kingdom; Switzerland; Germany

This paper describes the study protocol, the recruitment, and base-line data for evaluating the success of randomisation of the PRO-AGE (PRevention in Older people-Assessment in GEneralists' practices) project. A group of general practitioners (GPs) in London (U.K.), Hamburg (Germany) and Solot...