Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Loyola University

Code:

NCT04038775

Conditions

Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Volunteering

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Volunteers

Study ID

NCT04038775

Start date

May 28, 2019

Status verified date

Jul, 2019

Completion date

Jan, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria \* Access to Care patient

Exclusion Criteria

\* None

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Volunteering

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

no intervention: 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.

Interventions

Volunteering

Subjects recommended volunteer by their provider.

Primary outcome measure

  • Total volunteer hours [ Time Frame: Baseline to six months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Julie S Darnell, PhD

708-327-9022jdarnell1@luc.edu

Locations

Access to Care Clinic

Recruiting

Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153

Contacts

Matt Fitz, MD

708-216-8757mfitz1@luc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Loyola University

Last update posted

Jul 31, 2019

Last verified

Jul, 2019

Keywords

  • medically uninsured

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Loyola University on 2019-07-31.