- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03770221
Coordinating Access to Care for People Experiencing Homelessness (CATCH-FI)
Coordinating Access to Care for People Experiencing Homelessness: The Role and Impact of Financial Incentives
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1T8
- St. Michael's Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- able to give informed consent
- a new client of the CATCH team, recently admitted or readmitted
- at least one contact with the CATCH team
Exclusion Criteria:
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Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Financial Incentive
Participants will receive usual brief, intensive case management to connect them to health and social services and supports in the community. Additionally, participants in this arm will receive $20 for every week they maintain contact with CATCH service providers, as required by their care plan. Contact can be by phone, text, email, or in person with CATCH service providers over 6 months of follow up, or until they are successfully transitioned to longer-term supports (for up to $80/month per participant). |
Brief, intensive case management service.
Other Names:
Financial incentive for maintaining contact with CATCH service providers.
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Active Comparator: Usual Care
Participants will receive usual brief, intensive case management to connect them to health and social services and supports in the community.
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Brief, intensive case management service.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of contacts with CATCH service providers
Time Frame: 6 months
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The number of contacts (per month) with CATCH service providers (established by review of program records) until the transition to long-term care providers is accomplished.
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of hospitalizations
Time Frame: 1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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We will establish the number of hospitalizations, during the year prior to program enrolment and the 1 year follow-up period.
Data linkage will be conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), where population-based health information is available at the patient level for all Ontarians using formal health services.
Health service use will be examined by the National Ambulatory Reporting System (NACRS), the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for ED visits, outpatient clinics, and inpatient hospitalizations.
The project will attain health service data for all consenting participants from 12 months prior to study enrolment to 12 months following study enrolment.
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1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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Days in hospital
Time Frame: 1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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We will establish the number of days is hospital during the year prior to program enrolment and the 1 year follow-up period.
Data linkage will be conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), where population-based health information is available at the patient level for all Ontarians using formal health services.
Health service use will be examined by the National Ambulatory Reporting System (NACRS), the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for ED visits, outpatient clinics, and inpatient hospitalizations.
The project will attain health service data for all consenting participants from 12 months prior to study enrolment to 12 months following study enrolment.
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1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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Number of emergency department visits
Time Frame: 1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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We will establish the number of emergency department visits during the year prior to program enrolment and the 1 year follow-up period.
Data linkage will be conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), where population-based health information is available at the patient level for all Ontarians using formal health services.
Health service use will be examined by the National Ambulatory Reporting System (NACRS), the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for ED visits, outpatient clinics, and inpatient hospitalizations.
The project will attain health service data for all consenting participants from 12 months prior to study enrolment to 12 months following study enrolment.
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1 year prior to enrolment, 1 year post-enrolment
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Mental health symptom severity
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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The Colorado Symptom Index (CSI) was designed specifically for homeless individuals with mental health problems.
It is a 14-item instrument which assesses the presence and frequency of symptoms of mental illness experienced within the past month.
Responses are provided using a 5-point Likert scale with answer choices ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (at least every day).
A higher score indicates a higher level of symptoms.
The CSI is a widely used tool in research as a self-report measure of psychiatric symptomatology.
The CSI has been reported to have excellent internal consistency (.92) and test-retest reliability (.71).
Evidence of the CSI's validity is strong as CSI scores have been proven to distinguish between individuals with and without mental health service needs and were significantly correlated with functioning.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Health status
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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The Short Form 36 (SF-36) 36-item self-report measure of generic health status is designed to produce Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores.
There are scaled questions concerning physical functioning, role limitations, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, and general mental health (psychological distress and psychological well-being).
Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale, with lower scores indicating poorer health status.
SF-36 has excellent psychometric properties and has been used successfully in a variety of settings and diagnostic groups, including the homeless population.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Working Alliance
Time Frame: 6 months
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Participants will be asked to complete the 12-item Working Alliance Inventory - Short Revised (WAI-SR) questionnaire, to assess how they think and feel about the therapeutic relationship with their case manager.
Responses are provided using a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 1 (Seldom) to 5 (Always).The WAI-SR includes three subscales relating to task, goal, and bond, and yields a summary score that ranges from 12 to 60, with higher scores indicating a stronger therapeutic relationship.
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6 months
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Substance use
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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The Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Short Screener (GAIN-SS), extensively used in this population, consists of questions on four subscales: internal distress, external distress, substance distress, and crime/violence .
Response options are: in the 'past month' =4, '2-3 Months'=3, '4-12 Months' =2, or '1+ years.'=1,
or 'Never'=0.
Using these questions, the GAIN past month score is calculated by counting the number of times the participant identified that they had these problems in the last month, with a higher score indicating greater severity of substance use problems.
Scores have 3 levels of severity including: Low (0), Moderate (1 to 2) and High (3+).
In addition, we will elicit information on the number of days in the 30 days that participants have problems with alcohol or drugs, and the amount of money spent on alcohol or drugs in the past 30 days.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Housing stability
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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This modified version of the Dartmouth Residential Time-Line Follow-Back (RTLFB) is designed to collect detailed information about a participant's type of housing and number of days stably housed.
The RTFLB uses a calendar and prompts to collect housing for specific time periods.
In this study, this information will inform questions about housing stability and circumstances and is being collected at baseline and 6 months.
The outcome of interest is the number of days stably housed in the past 6 months.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Disease-Specific Quality of Life: Lehman Quality of Life scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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The original Lehman Quality of Life scale was designed to assess the quality of life of people with severe mental illness.
It is a structured self-report interview, conducted by a trained non-clinical interviewer, and elicits participants' ratings of their quality of life.
There are 7 subjective scales (living situation, everyday activities, family, social relationships, finances, safety, and satisfaction with life in general) and 4 objective scales (everyday activities, enough money, family contacts, and contacts with friends), scored on a Likert scale ranging from Terrible=1 to Delighted=7.
A higher score indicates a higher quality of life.
This shorter 20-item version (QoLi-20) was developed and validated by Uttaro and Lehman and used extensively in the homeless population.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Health-related quality of life: EQ-5D-5L
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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The EuroQol-5Dimensions-5Levels (EQ-5D-5L) is a generic measure of health-related quality of life.
The EQ-5D-5L includes five items concerning mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression that are weighted(on a scale ranging from Level 1, indicating no problem, to Level 5, indicating extreme problems) to produce a single utility score between 0 and 1.
The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of the EQ-5D will also be included, which will allow participants to rate their overall health, mental health and physical health from 0 to 100, where a higher score indicates better overall health.
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Baseline, 6 months
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Income support
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months
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Participants will be asked to provide their income for the previous month from a number of sources, including: all jobs, Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program, Employment Insurance, child benefits, child support, all other sources of income (pensions, investments, Trillium benefits, HST rebates, etc.).
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Baseline, 6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, MHSc, Unity Health Toronto
Publications and helpful links
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Study Completion (Actual)
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Study Record Updates
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Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- REB#: 18-196
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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