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Loneliness and Health Outcomes in the High Need Population

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Loneliness
Utilization, Health Care
Depression
Anxiety
Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Shared Medical Visit

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The high need population are patients who have three or more chronic diseases and have a functional limitation in their ability to take care for themselves. Investigators aim to understand the effects of a support group intervention, with the use of group medical visits and understand longitudinal effects in emotional wellbeing and loneliness.

Full description

The high need population with functional limitations are patients who have three or more chronic diseases and have a functional limitation in their ability to care for themselves (such as bathing or dressing) or perform routine daily tasks. Two-thirds of the population is female, and three-quarters of them are white non-Hispanic and half of the population were described as low income. The High Need Population with functional limitations also utilizes the emergency department at twice the rate of adults with multiple chronic diseases and more than three times more likely to be hospitalized than adults of other populations.

Loneliness is seen as a significant independent risk factor for poor health behaviors, physical health problems and psychiatric conditions. Loneliness and isolation are becoming a more recognized entity that contributes to worsening depression.

Investigators aim to compare the of effects of a Social Worker and Physician/APP-led support group intervention on loneliness at 9 months, after up to 3 group visits.

Shared Medical Visits as a form of support Group increase clinician-patient contact time and provide patients with support and prevention of chronic conditions increasing patient empowerment.

Enrollment

23 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who are enrolled into the VIC program. These are patients that are 18 years old and above, and have either

  • HCC Score 3.0 and above
  • HCC 2.0 - 3.0 and 2 or more unplanned admissions in last 12 months
  • HCC 0.24 - 0.35 + ESRD OR
  • Charlson Score >3, or LACE >30

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

23 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Care
No Intervention group
Description:
On baseline screen, would be screened for depression, alcohol use, and loneliness. Loneliness screen will be checked every 3 months.
Group Medical VIsits
Active Comparator group
Description:
For this arm, patients will have three visits of a shared medical visit, wherein a physician/APP will partner with a social worker to give a discussion about topics relevant to the high need population, including managing multiple medications, managing stress, and also palliative care.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Shared Medical Visit

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

FRANCIS S BALUCAN

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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