Impact of a Low-Intensity Resource Referral Intervention on Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Use of Community Resources: Results from the CommunityRx Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Connecting patients to community-based resources is now a cornerstone of modern healthcare that supports self-management of health. The mechanisms that link resource information to behavior change, however, remain poorly understood.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of CommunityRx, an automated, low-intensity resource referral intervention, on patients' knowledge, beliefs, and use of community resources.

Design

Real-world controlled clinical trial at an urban academic medical center in 2015-2016; participants were assigned by alternating week to receive the CommunityRx intervention or usual care. Surveys were administered at baseline, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months.

Participants

Publicly insured adults, ages 45-74 years.

Intervention

CommunityRx

SUBMITTER: Tung EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7080911 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature