The SINCERE Intervention to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities
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.
Conditions:
🦠 COVID-19 🦠 Vulnerable Populations 🦠 Social Determinants of Health
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 27 September 2021
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) 30 September 2024
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) 31 March 2025
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 1500
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    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
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 3 February 2022
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 4 February 2022
  • First Posted 8 February 2022

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 23 March 2023
  • Last Update Posted 27 March 2023
  • Last Verified March 2023