An interventional study of Oral HRSN screening and Written HRSN screening in Emergencies, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-09.
Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The objective of this study is to to understand the most effective method for health-related social need (HRSN) screening in the challenging environment of an emergency department by randomizing patients to oral or written HRSN screening in the ED.
Bilingual research assistants (RA) will screen patients for eligibility based on the predetermined criteria and approach eligible patients with a brief description of the study and opportunity for participation. Interested participants will complete a verbal consent process to reduce the barriers to participation, a brief demographic questionnaire, and an assessment of health literacy (Newest Vital Sign) followed by the Partners Healthcare HRSN screener randomized to an oral v. iPad screening strategy.
After completion of the screening tool, participants will complete a secondary questionnaire asking about satisfaction with the process, the presence of additional HRSN not recorded by the Partners HealthCare screener, and their perspectives on screening. At the conclusion, all participants will be provided with standardized, bilingual list of community resources to address each of the screening domains.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Other: Oral HRSN screening
Other: Written HRSN screening
Verbal screening delivered by an RA
Patient completes written screen on iPad.
Self-reported Satisfaction With the Screening Process
Satisfaction with screening as measured by: Please tell us how satisfied you were with the questionnaire you just took: Extremely Quite a bit Somewhat A little bit Not at all
Time frame: Immediately after completing survey
Number of Health Related Social Needs Reported
We will record the number of health related social needs reported
Time frame: Immediately after completing survey
| Milestone | Oral Screening | Written Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 115 | 121 |
| Completed | 112 | 116 |
| Not completed | 3 | 5 |
| Milestone | Oral Screening | Written Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 112 | 116 |
| Completed | 105 | 109 |
| Not completed | 7 | 7 |
Satisfaction with screening as measured by: Please tell us how satisfied you were with the questionnaire you just took: Extremely Quite a bit Somewhat A little bit Not at all
| Participants | Oral Screening | Written Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely/quite a bit | 94 | 97 |
| Somewhat/a little/ not at all | 12 | 15 |
| Missing | 9 | 9 |
We will record the number of health related social needs reported
| Participants | Oral Screening | Written Screening |
|---|---|---|
| None | 70 | 93 |
| At least one | 45 | 28 |
Collected over Through study completion (no more than 1 day).. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Screening | 0/115 (0%) | 0/115 (0%) | 0/115 (0%) |
| Written Screening | 0/121 (0%) | 0/121 (0%) | 0/121 (0%) |
| Age, Continuous(years) | Oral Screening | Written Screening | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 41 ± 15 | 39 ± 15 | 40 ± 15 |
| Sex/Gender, Customized(Participants) | Oral Screening | Written Screening | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 42 | 55 | 97 |
| Female | 72 | 64 | 136 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants) | Oral Screening | Written Screening | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | 25 | 28 | 53 |
| White NH | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| Black NH | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Other NH | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Missing/declined | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Health literacy(participants) | Oral Screening | Written Screening | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| Limited | 42 | 46 | 88 |
| Missing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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