Communication and Health Investments for Elderly Women

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Communication About Health Information; Take-up of Preventative Care

Treatments: Behavioral: Free Transport; Behavioral: Tell both

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07279480

2505001660

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates how household communication plays a role in elderly women's take-up of health check-ups in rural Tamil Nadu, India. First, we survey elders and their caretakers to measure demand for check-ups for elders. We measure how interest in check-ups changes when we offer different versions of transportation support, to understand how much interest in check-ups are affected by the degree of caretaker involvement required. Second, we conduct a randomized evaluation of interventions to improve take-up of free health check-ups at a nearby private hospital. We will cross-randomize two interventions. The first randomizes who is informed about the check-up: either only the elder is informed or both the elder and the caretaker are informed about the check-up. The second randomizes whether free transportation is provided to and from the check-up. We will measure take-up of the check-up. We will also measure elders' willingness to mention the check-up to the caretaker.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elderly women aged 60-75

Exclusion criteria

• Those with severe hearing, speech, mental, or mobility impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,200 participants in 4 patient groups

Tell elder only, without transport (Control)

No Intervention group

Description:

Elder is informed about the check-up. No free arranged transportation offered.

Tell elder only, with free transport

Experimental group

Description:

Elder is informed about the check-up. We offer to arrange private transportation to and from the hospital at no cost.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Free Transport

Tell elder and caretaker, without transport

Experimental group

Description:

Both elder and the caretaker are directly informed about the check-up. No free arranged transportation offered.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tell both

Tell elder and caretaker, with free transport

Experimental group

Description:

We offer to arrange private transportation to and from the hospital at no cost.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tell both

Behavioral: Free Transport