ED-Home Pilot Study

NYU Langone Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Housing Problems

Drug Use

Alcohol; Use, Problem

Treatments

Behavioral: Follow-up

Behavioral: Substance use services

Behavioral: Referral to homelessness prevention services

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT03864341

K23DA039179 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

18-02040

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-arm pilot study to test the feasibility of homelessness prevention and substance use interventions to be delivered to at-risk patients in the Bellevue Hospital emergency department (ED). ED patients (n=40) found eligible for the study will complete a baseline assessment and receive referrals to appropriate services, with a final six-month follow-up assessment.

Full description

ED patients found eligible for the study will complete a baseline survey and receive one-time, in person services at the time of the baseline/enrollment ED visit including referrals to homelessness prevention and substance use services, with a final six-month follow-up survey. Interim contacts at 7-10 days, 3 months, and 5 months will be used to assure intervention components were received and to confirm participant contact information.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 99 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Be a patient in the Bellevue Hospital Center ED.
Be ≥18 years old.
Screen positive for homelessness risk using a homelessness risk screening tool (HRST).
Screen positive for unhealthy alcohol or drug use.
Able to provide consent.

Exclusion criteria

Medically (e.g., critically ill) or psychiatrically unstable.
Unable to provide informed consent for other reason (e.g., cognitive deficit, profound intoxication).
Incarcerated or in police custody.
Unable to understand and speak English.
Lives outside NYC and/or cannot give a NYC ZIP code.
Already homeless (residing in a shelter or on the streets).
Does not have a telephone where can be reached for follow-up.
Has already received specialized peer navigator/addiction social worker services during current ED visit.
Has already participated in the study.