Take 2 Pills and Go Volunteer in the Morning

NCT04038775 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 210989
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, doctors will "prescribe" volunteer work for their patients. The investigators are determining whether it is feasible for providers to recommend volunteering to their patients, and whether patients who are recommended this "treatment" actually do volunteer work (i.e., find it "acceptable"). The study is focused on uninsured patients at Loyola Medicine's Access to Care (ATC) Clinic. The study's secondary aim is to determine whether or not engaging in volunteer work yields health benefits.

Conditions

Volunteers

Keywords

medically uninsured

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Total volunteer hours

  Investigators will sum the reported volunteer hours, which will be tracked at baseline and monthly for 6 months.

  Baseline to six months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Score

  Baseline to six months

• Change in Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global Health Short Form Scale

  Baseline to six months

• Change in the Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale

  Baseline to six months

Study Arms (2)

Volunteering

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental arm will receive a volunteer "prescription" from their provider and assistance from a study team member to find a volunteer job.

Behavioral: Volunteering

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The control arm will not be recommended to volunteer or assisted in finding a volunteer activity. They will answer the same survey questions as the intervention subjects.

Interventions

Volunteering BEHAVIORAL

Subjects recommended volunteer by their provider.

Volunteering

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may not qualify if:

• \* None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Loyola University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Access to Care Clinic

Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Julie S Darnell, PhD

  Loyola University Chicago

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Julie S Darnell, PhD

CONTACT

708-327-9022; jdarnell1@luc.edu

Study Design

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

Model Details: The first 25 patients are placed into the intervention group (recommended volunteering by their provider) and the next 25 patients are placed into the control group (not recommended volunteering).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2019
• First Posted: July 31, 2019
• Study Start: May 28, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2020
• Study Completion: January 1, 2020
• Last Updated: July 31, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)