Pilot Study Exploring the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of Medically Tailored Meals on Post-Discharge Recovery in Patients With Heart Failure

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT07251894

University of Pennsylvania85 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this interventional pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of medically tailored meals (MTM) on post-discharge recovery in patients with heart failure for Penn Medicine patients in Philadelphia and Lancaster through two pilots.

Pilot 1: Will enroll 30 eligible Penn Medicine patients to receive 4 weeks of medically tailored meals (MTMs) directly to their door. Patients will be given the opportunity to choose to receive 7/14/21 meals from the MTM provider for the duration of their participation in the 4 week pilot. Pilot 1 participants will be asked to complete a baseline survey, and end of study survey, and an end of study semi-structured interview. Pilot 2: Will expand upon the learnings from Pilot 1 and be a larger scale longer Food is Medicine (FIM) intervention with patients receiving 8 weeks of MTM deliveries directly to their door. As with Pilot 1, patients will be given the opportunity to choose to receive 7/14/21 meals from the MTM provider for the duration of their participation in the 8 week pilot. Pilot 2 participants will be asked to complete a baseline survey, a mid-point survey at 4 weeks, and an end of study survey and semi-structured interview.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Failure

Interventions

Medically Tailored MealsOTHER

Medically tailored meals to provide essential tailored nutrition for patients recovering from a heart failure hospitalization

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years old * Have a primary diagnosis of health failure based on ICD code I50\* with active hospitalization at time of enrollment * Must be insured by Medicaid or Medicare or dual eligible * Ability to read and speak English * Ability to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Are on hospice care or reside in an acute or skilled nursing facility * Are undergoing evaluation for advanced HF treatments including heart transplant or ventricular assist devices * Are unable to complete data collection due to cognitive decline or disability (based on the electronic health record or referring provider assessment)

Locations (1)

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility of the MTM intervention

The % of meals successfully delivered to the patient, where a 75% rate of successful delivery indicates feasibility.

Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 4 weeks for Pilot 1

Acceptability of the MTM intervention as measured by the Net Promoter Score

Will evaluate the acceptability of the intervention among patients through the Net Promoter Score (scale of 0 to 10; 9-10 being promoters, 7-8 being passives, and 0-6 being detractors)

Time frame: At the end of the intervention at 4 weeks for Pilot 1.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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