Back to resultsText-Enabled Ascertainment and Community Linkage for Health (TEACH)
Primary Purpose
Emergency Medicine
Status
Terminated
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Text message information
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Emergency Medicine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 51 ZIP codes included in our database of community resources ("catchment area")
- >=18 years old
- plan for discharge home
- speak either English or Spanish
- live within the catchment area for the study
- have a cellphone with text messaging capabilities
- ability to respond to text messages from the study team.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are intoxicated
- on a Section 12
- lack capacity to consent will be excluded.
Sites / Locations
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
No Intervention
Experimental
Arm Label
Handout
Text message
Arm Description
Participants receive a generic handout about resources in Boston
Participants receive a generic handout about resources in Boston and a text message with a geographically proximate resource
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Satisfaction: Likert scale
Participants will be asked about their satisfaction with the program measured on a Likart scale. Options will include "Extremely or Quite a bit; Somewhat; A little bit or Not at all"
Secondary Outcome Measures
Resource use
Participants will be asked about actual and planned resource use
Health status
Participants will be asked about health status. In general, how would you rate your health? Excellent, Very good, Good or Fair,Poor
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT04058301
First Posted
May 17, 2019
Last Updated
January 23, 2023
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04058301
Brief Title
Text-Enabled Ascertainment and Community Linkage for Health
Acronym
TEACH
Official Title
Text-Enabled Ascertainment and Community Linkage for Health
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
January 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Terminated
Why Stopped
COVID-19
Study Start Date
December 9, 2019 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
March 1, 2020 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
March 1, 2020 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to pilot test a novel tool for health related social needs screening and linkage to community resources in the ED by randomizing participants to standard handout v. handout + text message with resource information.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Emergency Medicine
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Investigator
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
38 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Handout
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Participants receive a generic handout about resources in Boston
Arm Title
Text message
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants receive a generic handout about resources in Boston and a text message with a geographically proximate resource
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Text message information
Intervention Description
Geographically proximate resources delivered by text message
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Satisfaction: Likert scale
Description
Participants will be asked about their satisfaction with the program measured on a Likart scale. Options will include "Extremely or Quite a bit; Somewhat; A little bit or Not at all"
Time Frame
3-5 days
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Resource use
Description
Participants will be asked about actual and planned resource use
Time Frame
3-5 days
Title
Health status
Description
Participants will be asked about health status. In general, how would you rate your health? Excellent, Very good, Good or Fair,Poor
Time Frame
3-5 days
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
ED utilization
Description
Chart review of ED visits and potentially preventable utilization
Time Frame
30 days
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
51 ZIP codes included in our database of community resources ("catchment area")
>=18 years old
plan for discharge home
speak either English or Spanish
live within the catchment area for the study
have a cellphone with text messaging capabilities
ability to respond to text messages from the study team.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who are intoxicated
on a Section 12
lack capacity to consent will be excluded.
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Massachusetts General Hospital
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
ZIP/Postal Code
02114
Country
United States
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
No
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