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Addressing Unmet Social Needs Among Hospitalized Children

NCT05968716 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2026-04-13

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Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a social needs screening and intervention protocol in the pediatric inpatient setting by conducting a pilot trial on a pediatric ward. The investigators' hypothesis is that it will be feasible and acceptable to implement a social needs screening and intervention protocol. The investigators will work with pediatric word healthcare team members to develop a social needs screening and intervention protocol. They will then compare preliminary health and social outcome measures between children hospitalized during the pre-intervention period (control group) vs. the post-intervention period (intervention group).

Conditions

  • Social Needs Screening
  • Caregiver-care Team Relationships
  • Social Needs Status
  • Child Health Status
  • Caregiver Health Status
  • Utilization, Health Care

Interventions

OTHER

Social needs screening protocol

Pediatric hospital ward stakeholders will develop and implement a social needs screening protocol designed to screen families of hospitalized children for social risk factors and then provide resources to address their social needs. The intervention will consist of the protocol that is developed and implemented.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew S Pantell, MD, MS · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-08
Primary Completion
2026-08-01
Completion
2026-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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