An interventional study of Grocery gift card in Discharged Pediatric Patients and Their Families, sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-18.
Sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an intervention to provide food support to families who are part of a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization will provide benefits. The main question it aims to answer:
Does this monthly food support intervention reduce food insecurity and healthcare utilization in these patients.
Participants will complete surveys in the hospital, 14-days after discharge, and then quarterly for up to 18 months. Families randomized to the intervention group will receive monthly grocery gift cards for one year.
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati is the lead sponsor of 661 studies on the registry; 134 are open to participants now.
Of its 54 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 30 (56%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Monthly $100 grocery gift cards for 12 months
Other: Grocery gift card
Can receive in-hospital social work referral if determined appropriate by clinical care team (also true for intervention group)
Monthly $100 grocery gift cards for 12 months
Reutilization
Validated measure of reutilization which includes unplanned readmission, return to the emergency department, or a visit to urgent care
Time frame: 30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
UDSA 6-question food insecurity survey
Adapted version of the UDSA 6-question food insecurity survey
Time frame: 14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Primary Care Healthcare Utilization
Planned and unplanned visits to primary care provider
Time frame: 30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Vaccine uptake at primary care clinic
Immunization percentage as part of the Medicaid accountability measure
Time frame: 30-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Recovery and return to normal routine
Family-designed measure of recovery and return to normal routine
Time frame: 14-days after discharge
Post-Discharge Difficulty Coping Scale
Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale uses an 11 point scaling format (0-10) with total scores ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores represent greater coping difficulty.
Time frame: 14-days after discharge
Ability to pay for medications
Family-designed measure of difficulty obtaining medications after discharge
Time frame: 14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Perceived Stress Scale
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) uses a 5 point scaling format (0-4) with total scores ranging from 0 to 40. Higher scores represent higher perceived stress.
Time frame: 14-days after discharge, 90-days after discharge, and quarterly after discharge up to 20 months
Plan to share: No
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