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The SINCERE Intervention to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Social Determinants of Health
COVID-19
Vulnerable Populations
Registration Number
NCT05228886
Lead Sponsor
Andrea Wallace
Brief Summary

The goal of this real world efficacy study is to understand the benefit of universal social needs screening, community-based service referrals, and telephonic follow-up as a scalable strategy for preventing COVID-19 transmission, and for addressing the secondary health effects of the social, behavioral, and economic changes following the COVID-19 pandemic. With statewide community service providers, existing health information technology, and piloted methods, we seek to determine the effectiveness of universal social needs screening and community service referrals - the SINCERE intervention - in improving health outcomes of COVID-19 vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and whether intensive follow-up and collaborative goal-setting helps overcome barriers to community service use by patients seen in the emergency department and seeking COVID testing at community-based and mobile clinic locations.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1500
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult (> 17 years)
  • English or Spanish speaking
  • Completed the referral process at the UHealth ED, one of the COVID-19 testing sites or the Primary Children's ED and indicated both social needs and willingness to receive service low- and no-cost referrals from the United Way 211 community referral service
  • Able to be reached by phone during the intervention OR able to complete surveys sent by text or email
Exclusion Criteria
  • Those unable to communicate verbally
  • Those living in nursing facilities, or those who are not otherwise responsible for self-care

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Anxiety over 12-week time periodBaseline, 2-week, 4-week and 12-week surveys

Standardized PROMIS Anxiety- Short Form 7a. 7 questions create one outcome score. Each question is on a 1-5 scale with higher numbers indicating higher severity. The outcome variable will be PROMIS Anxiety with Time included as a variable in the model.

Change in Global Health over 12-week time periodBaseline, 2-week, 4-week and 12-week surveys

Standardized PROMIS v1.2 Global Health. 10 questions create one outcome score. Each question is on a 1-5 scale with higher numbers indicating lower severity. The outcome variable will be PROMIS v1.2 Global Health with Time included as a variable in the model.

Change in Depression over 12-week time periodBaseline, 2-week, 4-week and 12-week surveys

Standardized PROMIS Depression - Short Form 8b. 8 questions create one outcome score. Each question is on a 1-5 scale with higher numbers indicating higher severity. The outcome variable will be PROMIS Anxiety with Time included as a variable in the model.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Utah

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

University of Utah
🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Andrea Wallace, PhD
Contact
801-585-9647
andrea.wallace@nurs.utah.edu
Erin Johnson, PhD
Contact
801-587-8578
erin.p.johnson@hsc.utah.edu

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