Intensifying Community Referrals for Health: The SINCERE Intervention to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- COVID-19
- Sponsor
- Andrea Wallace
- Enrollment
- 1500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Anxiety over 12-week time period
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 7 months ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Andrea Wallace
Professor
University of Utah
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Anxiety over 12-week time period
Time Frame: Baseline, 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 period
Time Frame: Baseline, 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 period
Time Frame: Baseline, 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.