New Hampshire Medicaid Wellness Incentive Program
NHWIP
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interventional
2,800
1 country
12
Brief Summary
The New Hampshire Medicaid Wellness Incentive Program (WIP) will address both the health disparity and increased costs by providing incentivized health promotion programs to overweight or obese and/or tobacco-smoking Medicaid beneficiaries receiving services at New Hampshire's 10 regional Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started May 2012
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
12 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 30, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 5, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2018
CompletedFebruary 19, 2019
February 1, 2019
3.9 years
January 30, 2015
February 18, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Change in Weight
Weight obtained using a scale at each assessment.
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months and 1 year post program follow up
Change in the 6 minute walk test
Each participant walks as many ft as possible at a brisk pace. The amount of feet covered in 6 minutes is documented.
Baseline, 3 months, 6 monhts, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up
Change in Days of Abstinence-Timeline follow back interview for tobacco smokers
A timeline follow back interview is completed for the smoking cessation intervention to identify days of abstinence within the assessment period as well as amount of cigarettes smoked.
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up
Change in Carbon Monoxide Level
At each assessment and during the incentive quit cycles, carbon monoxide level is measured to confirm smoking abstinence or not.
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up
Study Arms (2)
Incentives
EXPERIMENTALParticipants randomly assigned to the incentive arm, will receive cash incentives for engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
No Incentives
EXPERIMENTALParticipants randomly assigned to the no incentives arm, will not receive cash incentives for engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participants must be Medicaid recipients receiving mental health treatment at one of the participating study sites in New Hampshire.
- years or older
- \*Smoking 5 or more cigarettes a day or a carbon monoxide level of 5 or higher at screening.
- \*Body Mass Index of 30 or higher or 25 or higher and sedentary lifestyle.
You may not qualify if:
- Diagnosis of dementia or terminal illness (expected to result in death in 1 year or less)
- Nursing home
- Inability to speak or understand English
- Previous participation in the In SHAPE program
- Active eating disorder diagnosis
- Pregnancy
- \*Active alcohol or drug dependence with use in the past 30 days
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (12)
New Hampshire Hospital
Concord, New Hampshire, 03301, United States
Riverbend Community Mental Health Center
Concord, New Hampshire, 03301, United States
Center for Life Management
Derry, New Hampshire, 03038, United States
Community Partners
Dover, New Hampshire, 03820, United States
Mondadnock Family Services
Keene, New Hampshire, 03431, United States
West Central Behavioral Health Care
Lebanon and Claremont, New Hampshire, United States
Northern Human Services
Littleton and Conway, New Hampshire, United States
The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire, 03103, United States
Greater Nashua Mental Health Center at Community Council
Nashua, New Hampshire, 03060, United States
Harbor Homes
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Genesis Behavioral Heatlh
Plymouth and Laconia, New Hampshire, United States
Seacoast Mental Health Center
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 03801, United States
Related Publications (3)
Pratt SI, Ferron JC, Wolfe R, Xie H, Brunette M, Santos M, Williams G, Bartels S, Jue K, Capuchino K. Healthy choices, healthy changes: A randomized trial of incentives to promote healthy eating and exercise in people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. Schizophr Res. 2023 May;255:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.007. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
PMID: 36933290DERIVEDBianco CL, Pratt SI, Ferron JC, Brunette MF. Electronic Cigarette Use During a Randomized Trial of Interventions for Smoking Cessation Among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Mental Illness. J Dual Diagn. 2019 Jul-Sep;15(3):184-191. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2019.1620400. Epub 2019 Jun 6.
PMID: 31169077DERIVEDBrunette MF, Pratt SI, Bartels SJ, Scherer EA, Sigmon SC, Ferron JC, Santos M, Williams GE, Kosydar S, Wolfe RS, Lotz D, Capuchino K. Randomized Trial of Interventions for Smoking Cessation Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2018 Mar 1;69(3):274-280. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700245. Epub 2017 Nov 15.
PMID: 29137560DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Sarah I Pratt, PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Kelley Capuchino
State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Medicaid Policy Analyst
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 30, 2015
First Posted
August 5, 2015
Study Start
May 1, 2012
Primary Completion
April 1, 2016
Study Completion
December 1, 2018
Last Updated
February 19, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-02