Giving Resources to lOw-income Children to Enhance RecoverY
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrollment
- 400
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- UDSA 6-question food insecurity survey
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an intervention to provide food support to families who are part of a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization will provide benefits. The main question it aims to answer:
Does this monthly food support intervention reduce food insecurity and healthcare utilization in these patients.
Participants will complete surveys in the hospital, 14-days after discharge, and then quarterly for up to 18 months. Families randomized to the intervention group will receive monthly grocery gift cards for one year.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Triple (Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parent of a pediatric patient admitted to one of two units at our hospital with HealthVine insurance
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous study participation
Arms & Interventions
Standard of Care
Can receive in-hospital social work referral if determined appropriate by clinical care team (also true for intervention group)
Intervention
Monthly $100 grocery gift cards for 12 months
Intervention: Grocery gift card (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
UDSA 6-question food insecurity survey
Time Frame: 14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Adapted version of the UDSA 6-question food insecurity survey
Reutilization
Time Frame: 30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Validated measure of reutilization which includes unplanned readmission, return to the emergency department, or a visit to urgent care
Secondary Outcomes
- Primary Care Healthcare Utilization(30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months)
- Vaccine uptake at primary care clinic(30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months)
- Post-Discharge Difficulty Coping Scale(14-days after discharge)
- Perceived Stress Scale(14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months)
- Recovery and return to normal routine(14-days after discharge)
- Ability to pay for medications(14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months)