NCT03864341

ED-Home Pilot Study

ED-Home: A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Homelessness Prevention Intervention for Substance Using Emergency Department Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a single-arm pilot study to test the feasibility of homelessness prevention and substance use interventions to be delivered to at-risk patients in the Bellevue Hospital emergency department (ED). ED patients (n=40) found eligible for the study will complete a baseline assessment and receive referrals to appropriate services, with a final six-month follow-up assessment.

Detailed description

ED patients found eligible for the study will complete a baseline survey and receive one-time, in person services at the time of the baseline/enrollment ED visit including referrals to homelessness prevention and substance use services, with a final six-month follow-up survey. Interim contacts at 7-10 days, 3 months, and 5 months will be used to assure intervention components were received and to confirm participant contact information.

Conditions

• Housing Problems
• Drug Use
• Alcohol; Use, Problem

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Referral to homelessness prevention services	Referral to Homebase homelessness prevention services offered by community-based organizations in NYC
BEHAVIORAL	Substance use services	Referral to substance use services (SBIRT and peer counselor/social work contact) available at Bellevue Hospital
BEHAVIORAL	Follow-up	Follow-up to assist participants in receiving homelessness prevention services

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-08
• Primary completion: 2020-03-23
• Completion: 2020-03-23
• First posted: 2019-03-06
• Last updated: 2022-08-19
• Results posted: 2022-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States