Implementation of COVID-19 Testing Strategies in Community Health Centers
- Conditions
- Covid19
- Registration Number
- NCT04802187
- Lead Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Brief Summary
This project is part of a competitive revision to accelerate COVID-19 testing in underserved populations. The overall aim is to implement strategies to expand COVID testing in hotspot communities in MA, through 6 community health center (CHC)-community partnerships. A base strategy will be implemented at all sites. A tailored strategy unique to local populations will be added and tested in a stepped wedge design.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 6
- Participants are patients at the intervention or control CHCs or members of the local community. The participating sites constitute one group; a set of matched control CHCs that will conduct testing as usual constitute the second group.
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage Change in Testing During the Study Compared to Tests Completed Prior to Study Start 85 weeks post-implementation compared to 35 weeks pre-implementation Acceleration of covid testing volume during covid surges, estimated as the percent change in weekly covid testing volume trend for each 10% increase in covid cases. A slope value was estimated from a segmented regression model for the entire study period, which was then used to calculate a difference between the post- and pre-implementation periods.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States