Optimized Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Community Linkages

NCT03834441 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 2019P000128
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 236
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to to understand the most effective method for health-related social need (HRSN) screening in the challenging environment of an emergency department by randomizing patients to oral or written HRSN screening in the ED.

Conditions

Emergencies

Keywords

social needs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Self-reported Satisfaction With the Screening Process

  Satisfaction with screening as measured by: Please tell us how satisfied you were with the questionnaire you just took: Extremely Quite a bit Somewhat A little bit Not at all

  Immediately after completing survey

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Health Related Social Needs Reported

  Immediately after completing survey

Study Arms (2)

Oral screening

OTHER

Other: Oral HRSN screening

Written screening

OTHER

Other: Written HRSN screening

Interventions

Oral HRSN screening OTHER

Verbal screening delivered by an RA

Oral screening

Written HRSN screening OTHER

Patient completes written screen on iPad.

Written screening

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age ≥ 18 years patients and either a parent/guardian of a pediatric/cognitively disabled patient in the MGH ED,
• triaged to the Acute, CDU, Fast Track, Urgent, and Pediatrics areas,
• English- or Spanish-speaking, and
• capable of informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• patients unwilling to have the interview audio-recorded,
• medically unstable patients, and
• Section 12, lack of capacity medical hold, sexual assault, child abuse, and emotionally distressed patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emergencies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Margaret Samuels-Kalow
• Organization: MGH

msamuels-kalow@partners.org

617-726-8340

Study Officials

• Margaret Samuels-Kalow

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 5, 2019
• First Posted: February 8, 2019
• Study Start: May 7, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2019
• Study Completion: February 20, 2020
• Last Updated: February 9, 2023
• Results First Posted: February 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)