Cardiac Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Healthy, Nutrition Poor
Conditions
Keywords
food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, food is medicine
Brief summary
The purpose of this research is to see if offering more navigation and text-message support will help increase participation and engagement in a Food is Medicine program. The study will recruit people currently participating in cardiac rehabilitation. People will be randomly assigned to 1 of 4 study groups: navigation, text-messaging, both, or neither. People will complete surveys at the start of the study and after 3 months. After 3 months, we will compare how many Food is Medicine meals or groceries people in each group received.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALUsual Care
Participants will receive a message sent to their electronic health record portal with instructions about how to sign up for a food is medicine program.
BEHAVIORALNavigation
Participants will receive a weekly phone call from a navigator to promote enrollment in the food is medicine program and address any barriers to participation.
BEHAVIORALText Messaging
Participants will receive two text messages per week to promote healthy eating, enrolling in a food is medicine program, and continuing to participate in a food is medicine program.
Sponsors
University of California, San Francisco
American Heart Association
Project Open Hand
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
2x2 Factorial Randomization
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Age 18 or older 2. Participating in UCSF Cardiac Rehabilitation 3. Able to communicate in English or Spanish 4. Resident of San Francisco County
Exclusion criteria
1. Enrolled in hospice 2. Unable to consent for self
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Participant reported satisfaction | 3 months | Scale of 1 \[Quite dissatisfied\] to 5 \[Very satisfied\] |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of food is medicine meal or grocery distributions received | 3 months | — |
| Proportion of participants initiating the food is medicine program | 3 months | Numerator = number of participants who received at least 1 meal or grocery distribution; Denominator = number of participants in study arm |
| Proportion of participants engaged in the food is medicine program | 3 months | Numerator = number of participants who received at least 8 meal or grocery distributions; Denominator = number of participants in study arm |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed