Outcome
| Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
| Primary |
Change in food security category |
Change from baseline in food security in the last 30 days as measured by the US Department of Agriculture food security scale. Outcome is 3 ordered categories: high or marginal food security, low food security, very low food security. |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in utility security category |
Change from baseline in utility security in the last 3 months as measured by the Home Energy Insecurity scale. Outcome is 5 ordered categories: thriving, capable, stable, vulnerable, in-crisis. |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in financial well-being scale |
Change from baseline in current financial well-being as measured by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Financial Well-Being 0-100 scale (higher scores are correlated to more well-being). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in perceived stress scale |
Change from baseline in perceived stress in the last 30 days as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (short form; 0-16, higher scores are correlated to more stress). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in state anxiety scale |
Change from baseline in current anxiety as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (20-items reverse-coded and summed according to the manual, higher scores are correlated to more anxiety). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in mental bandwidth |
Change from baseline in number of lapses in the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (more lapses indicate less mental bandwidth). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in health care expenditures on medications |
Change from baseline in number of dollars spent out-of-pocket on medications in the past 30 days. |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Primary |
Change in adherence to medication refills scale |
Change from baseline in current adherence to refilling medications as measured by that subscale of the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale (ARMS; 4-16, higher scores indicate lower adherence). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in number of emergency department visits |
Change from baseline in number of emergency department visits in the prior 3 months as recorded in the Electronic Health Record. |
Once all study appointments are completed, ED visit data will be collected through the Data Analytics Center for the 3-month period before baseline, and the 3-month period after baseline. |
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| Secondary |
Change in number of health care visits (non-emergency department) |
Change from baseline in number of non-emergency department visits in the prior 3 months as recorded in the Electronic Health Record. |
Once all study appointments are completed, number of health care visits(non-ED) data will be collected through the Data Analytics Center for the 3-month period before baseline, and the 3-month period after baseline. |
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| Secondary |
Change in cigarette dependence scale |
Change from baseline in current cigarette dependence as measured by the Cigarette Dependence Scale (short version; 5-25, higher scores indicate more dependence). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in alcohol use scale |
Change from baseline in current alcohol use as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (0-12, higher scores indicate more use). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in all health care expenditures |
Change from baseline in sum of dollars spent out-of-pocket on medications, office visits, and emergency room visits in the past 30 days. |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in time preference (patience) |
Change from baseline on current patience which is a single item in the Preference Survey Module (0 "completely unwilling" to 10 "completely willing" to give up present benefits for future benefits, higher scores indicate future preference). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in time preference (behavioral task) |
Change from baseline on current snack choice (binary: chose a more or a less healthy snack, choosing a healthy snack indicates future preference). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in psychological distress scale |
Change from baseline in psychological distress in the past 30 days as measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6+, 6-30, higher scores indicate more distress). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in number of healthy days |
Change from baseline in self-reported number of healthy days in the past 30 as measured by the CDC Health-Related Quality of Life Scale (0-30 days). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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| Secondary |
Change in adherence to taking medications scale |
Change from baseline in current adherence to taking medications as measured by that subscale of the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale (ARMS; 8-32, higher scores indicate lower adherence). |
Assessed at 1-hour appointment at baseline and 3 months |
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