Effectiveness of Patient-centered Community Health Worker Support to Help Patients Control Chronic Disease
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma/COPD With Tobacco Dependence
In brief
The purpose of this proposal is to compare the effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) support vs. usual primary care for helping chronically-ill, low-SES patients to improve control of chronic conditions. Upon enrollment each patient will select one of their multiple chronic conditions as a focus for the trial and work with his/her PCP to set a chronic disease management goal. Patients are then randomized to receive usual primary care vs. CHW support for moving towards that goal.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01900470
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 302
- Starts
- 2013-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-05-03
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient of target practices for at least 1 yr defined as having one office visit within preceding 12 month
- Home ZIP code including ANY of the following: 1. 19104 2. 19131 3. 19139 4. 19143 5. 19146
- 2 or more of the following conditions: 1. Obesity (BMI greater than 30), 2. HTN (ICD9 relating to HTN in EMR), 3. DM (ICD9 relating to DM in EMR), 4. Asthma/COPD and tobacco dependence (ICD9 for asthma or COPD in EMR AND documentation of tobacco use)
- Uninsured, insured by Medicaid or dually eligible for Medicaid/Managed Medicare
- Patients who have scheduled appointments in the future.
You may not qualify if…
- Will not provide informed consent for this study.
- Does not have the capacity to provide informed consent for this study.
- Previously enrolled in this study
Where it is running
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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