Direct Income SupporT and Advice Negating Spread of Epidemic COVID-19: a Randomized Controlled Trial (DISTANSE COVID)

Unity Health Toronto

Status: Unknown

Conditions: COVID-19

Treatments: Other: Cash transfer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04359264

20-081

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a clinical trial of a cash transfer on symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and adherence to physical distancing guidance.

Enrollment: 392 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• trouble "making ends meet at the end of the month" due to COVID-19 related disruptions

Exclusion criteria

• confirmed positive for COVID-19 based on laboratory testing
• current symptoms consistent with COVID-19

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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392 participants in 2 patient groups

Cash transfer

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Cash transfer

Control

No Intervention group