Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of Patient-centered Community Health Worker Support to Help Patients Control Chronic Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pennsylvania

Conditions:

Obesity

Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

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...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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.

Exclusion

  • 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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

302 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01900470

Start Date

July 1 2013

End Date

February 1 2017

Last Update

May 3 2017

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104