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Take 2 Pills and Go Volunteer in the Morning

NCT ID: NCT04038775

Last Updated: 2019-07-31

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-05-28

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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In this study, doctors will "prescribe" volunteer work for their patients. The investigators are determining whether it is feasible for providers to recommend volunteering to their patients, and whether patients who are recommended this "treatment" actually do volunteer work (i.e., find it "acceptable"). The study is focused on uninsured patients at Loyola Medicine's Access to Care (ATC) Clinic. The study's secondary aim is to determine whether or not engaging in volunteer work yields health benefits.

Detailed Description

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In this feasibility study, doctors will "prescribe" volunteer work for their patients. The setting is Loyola Medicine's Access to Care Clinic, which serves patients who are low-income and uninsured (and often members of racial/ethnic minority groups). The investigators are determining whether it is feasible for providers in a low-resourced primary care setting to recommend volunteering to their patients, and whether patients who are recommended this "treatment" actually do volunteer work (and how much). The investigators are also interested in measuring whether volunteering is associated with any potential health benefits, specifically well-being and self-esteem.

Promoting volunteerism is the intervention because research evidence suggests that volunteer work may be good for one's health. For example, research shows that volunteering is associated with numerous potential health benefits: improved mental health, increased physical activity, higher preventive health care utilization, lower cardiovascular risk and lower mortality. Besides better health, volunteering also can teach valuable skills, help individuals meet others, and foster new relationships.

Despite all these potential benefits, rates of volunteering are low. Overall, just one in four people volunteers. Additionally, people who have lower incomes are less likely to volunteer (14% of people with incomes below $20,000 vs. 35% of people with incomes above $100,000. And minority groups are less likely to volunteer than whites (just 19% of African Americans and 15% of Latinos compared with 26% of Whites).

Thus, the intervention is aimed to increase volunteer participation rates among groups unlikely to volunteer: low-income uninsured persons who are members of racial/ethnic minority groups.

Conditions

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Volunteers

Keywords

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medically uninsured

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The first 25 patients are placed into the intervention group (recommended volunteering by their provider) and the next 25 patients are placed into the control group (not recommended volunteering).
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Volunteering

The experimental arm will receive a volunteer "prescription" from their provider and assistance from a study team member to find a volunteer job.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Volunteering

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects recommended volunteer by their provider.

Control

The control arm will not be recommended to volunteer or assisted in finding a volunteer activity. They will answer the same survey questions as the intervention subjects.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Volunteering

Subjects recommended volunteer by their provider.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

\* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Loyola University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Julie Darnell

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Julie S Darnell, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Loyola University Chicago

Locations

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Access to Care Clinic

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Julie S Darnell, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 708-327-9022

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Matt Fitz, MD

Role: primary

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

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210989

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id