Primary Goal: To test the hypothesis that among stroke patients 18-75 years with ≥3 SDOH risk factors, SHIFT will improve: (1) functional outcomes as measured by the SIS (Primary Outcome), (2) physiological outcomes as measured by changes in blood pressure and cognition, (secondary outcomes) and (3) epigenetic allostatic load biomarkers (exploratory outcome) such as DNA methylation (DNAm) and telomere length, at 6 months and 1-year post-stroke, compared with usual care (UC).
Adverse Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) have been shown increase stroke risk in a dose dependent manner. The SDOH-Homecare Intervention Focus Team (SHIFT) trial is a Phase 3, randomized, blinded outcome trial that tests the hypothesis that a homecare intervention shortly after discharge from an acute stroke unit by a team comprising a community health worker (CHW), a community social worker (CSW) and a community nurse (CN) can improve health outcomes among stroke patients with three or more SDOH compared with UC.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
275
The SHIFT team, comprising a community health worker (CHW), community social worker (CHW), and community nurse (CN) will visit the participant starting within 72 hours of hospital discharge and provide social service referrals related to food insecurity, housing, immigration, and employment, and assist with medical appointment preparation (CHW), deliver individualized counseling focused on coping skills, reducing caregiver strain, and the psychological distress associated with experiences of racism and SDOH (CSW), and address health literacy and review of treatment goals and medications (CN).
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGStroke Impact Scale v3.0
a validated measure of disability and health-related quality of life after stroke
Time frame: baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Blood pressure
change in blood pressure from baseline
Time frame: baseline, 6 months and 1 year
cognition
Montreal Cognitive Assessment battery (MoCA)
Time frame: baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Stroke Specific Quality of Life (SSQOL)
validated quality of life measure
Time frame: 6 months and 1 year
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