Text-Enabled Ascertainment and Community Linkage for Health

Massachusetts General Hospital1 site in 1 country38 target enrollmentDecember 9, 2019

ConditionsEmergency Medicine

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Emergency Medicine
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Enrollment: 38
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Satisfaction: Likert scale
Status: Terminated
Last Updated: 3 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to pilot test a novel tool for health related social needs screening and linkage to community resources in the ED by randomizing participants to standard handout v. handout + text message with resource information.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 9, 2019

End Date

March 1, 2020

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Margaret Samuels-Kalow

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•51 ZIP codes included in our database of community resources ("catchment area")
•\>=18 years old
•plan for discharge home
•speak either English or Spanish
•live within the catchment area for the study
•have a cellphone with text messaging capabilities
•ability to respond to text messages from the study team.

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients who are intoxicated
•on a Section 12
•lack capacity to consent will be excluded.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Satisfaction: Likert scale

Time Frame: 3-5 days

Participants will be asked about their satisfaction with the program measured on a Likart scale. Options will include "Extremely or Quite a bit; Somewhat; A little bit or Not at all"