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New Hampshire Medicaid Wellness Incentive Program

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mental Illness
Obesity
Tobacco Dependence
Interventions
Behavioral: NH Medicaid Incentives Program
Registration Number
NCT02515981
Lead Sponsor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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).

Detailed Description

In the New Hampshire Medicaid Wellness Incentive Program, multiple program options will fall into two categories: (1) Supported Fitness and Weight Management and (2) Supported Smoking Cessation. Eligible participants are able to participate in 1 or both of the programs. The program options for Supported Fitness and Weight Management are: 1. Fitness Club Membership for 12 months, 2. Fitness Club Membership plus weekly meetings with a Health Mentor for 12 months (In SHAPE), 3. Weight Watchers Membership for 12 months, 4. In SHAPE plus Weight Watchers for 12 months. The options for Supported Smoking Cessation are: 1. Prescriber meeting to discuss smoking cessation treatment options, 2. Prescriber meeting plus NH State Tobacco Helpline, 3. Prescriber meeting plus Telephone-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Smoking Cessation. Vouchers for memberships to community fitness centers and formal weight loss programs will be provided, as well as incentives for participation and positive outcomes. An equipoise stratified randomization design will be used to preserve the research benefits of randomization while maintaining the highly valued opportunity for consumer choice. Research assessments will be conducted at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2800
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
No IncentivesNH Medicaid Incentives ProgramParticipants randomly assigned to the no incentives arm, will not receive cash incentives for engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
IncentivesNH Medicaid Incentives ProgramParticipants randomly assigned to the incentive arm, will receive cash incentives for engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in WeightBaseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months and 1 year post program follow up

Weight obtained using a scale at each assessment.

Change in Days of Abstinence-Timeline follow back interview for tobacco smokersBaseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up

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.

Change in the 6 minute walk testBaseline, 3 months, 6 monhts, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up

Each participant walks as many ft as possible at a brisk pace. The amount of feet covered in 6 minutes is documented.

Change in Carbon Monoxide LevelBaseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and 1 year post program completion follow up

At each assessment and during the incentive quit cycles, carbon monoxide level is measured to confirm smoking abstinence or not.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

New Hampshire Hospital

🇺🇸

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Riverbend Community Mental Health Center

🇺🇸

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Center for Life Management

🇺🇸

Derry, New Hampshire, United States

Mondadnock Family Services

🇺🇸

Keene, New Hampshire, United States

West Central Behavioral Health Care

🇺🇸

Lebanon And Claremont, New Hampshire, United States

The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester

🇺🇸

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Greater Nashua Mental Health Center at Community Council

🇺🇸

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

Harbor Homes

🇺🇸

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

Seacoast Mental Health Center

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Community Partners

🇺🇸

Dover, New Hampshire, United States

Northern Human Services

🇺🇸

Littleton And Conway, New Hampshire, United States

Genesis Behavioral Heatlh

🇺🇸

Plymouth And Laconia, New Hampshire, United States

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