Addressing Social Needs to Improve Health in Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Kaiser Permanente
Summary
The investigators will conduct a comparative effectiveness randomized clinical trial with two "active comparator" arms. The investigators will evaluate the two current, usual care strategies (higher intensity "telephonic navigation" vs. lower intensity "virtual outreach") for addressing social needs among patients with multiple chronic conditions.
Description
The goal of the proposed research is to compare the effectiveness of two strategies for addressing social needs in a large, high-risk population of adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Specific Aims are to: Aim 1 - Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Clinical Trial: Compare two evidence-based strategies for systematically addressing patient-reported social needs in a medically complex population: Higher Intensity (active telephonic outreach from a health navigator with follow-up contacts for up to 3 months) vs. Lower Intensity (outreach via text, email, and/or letter with material…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Two or more chronic medical conditions from a defined list of 24 chronic conditions * One or more gaps in evidence-based care (related to condition-specific risk factor management, evidence-based screening and preventive care, missed appointments, and medication non-adherence), * At least one self-reported social-related barrier to care or "social need" (e.g., transportation, food, housing, utilities, and/or financial insecurity). Exclusion Criteria: * major cognitive barriers (dementia, psychosis). * multiple prior year hospitalizations ("extremely high utilizers")
Interventions
- BehavioralTelephonic Outreach
Higher Intensity (active telephonic outreach from a health navigator with follow-up contacts for up to 3 months)
- BehavioralVirtual Outreach
Lower Intensity (outreach via text, email, and/or letter with materials that contain information about available local, state, and federal governmental benefits and services)
Location
- Division of ResearchPleasanton, California