This study will randomly assign 2,300 older adults on waiting lists at fourteen Meals on Wheels programs in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and California into two groups who will receive: (a) daily delivery of meals, five days a week or (b) a shipment of 10 frozen meals, every two weeks. Researchers will examine participants' Medicare claims to understand if differences in healthcare utilization occur between the two groups within six months after they start receiving meals. Researchers will also ask participants questions prior to receiving meals, and again at three months, to understand how meals impact their ability to obtain food, their feelings of loneliness, and their overall quality of life. The primary study outcome will be the ratio of days spent in institutional settings (i.e., hospital, nursing home) in the six months after participants begin receiving meals. The secondary outcomes include the ratio of days spent in institutional settings in the three months after participants begin receiving meals, food insecurity, subjective isolation/loneliness, and health-related quality of life. The team will also examine differences in dietary intake between the two groups as an exploratory outcome.
This study will randomly assign 2,300 older adults on waiting lists at fourteen Meals on Wheels programs in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and California into two groups who will receive: (a) daily delivery of meals, five days a week or (b) a shipment of 10 frozen meals, every two weeks. Researchers will examine participants' Medicare claims to understand if differences in healthcare utilization occur between the two groups within six months after they start receiving meals. Researchers will also ask participants questions prior to receiving meals, and again at three months, to understand how meals impact their ability to obtain food, their feelings of loneliness, and their overall quality of life. The primary study outcome will be the ratio of days spent in institutional settings (i.e., hospital, nursing home) in the six months after participants begin receiving meals. The secondary outcomes include the ratio of days spent in institutional settings in the three months after participants begin receiving meals, food insecurity, subjective isolation/loneliness, and health-related quality of life. The team will also examine differences in dietary intake between the two groups as an exploratory outcome.
Deliver-EE: Evaluating Effects of Meal Delivery
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Meals on Wheels San Diego County, San Diego, California, United States, 92110
Neighborly Care Network, Clearwater, Florida, United States, 33762
Aging True, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32210
Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois, Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
Meals On Wheels Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703
Senior Resources of Guilford, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27408
Meals On Wheels - Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, 29624
Senior Resources Inc, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29205
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA), Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38126
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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66 Years to
ALL
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Brown University,
Kali S. Thomas, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Kimberly P. Bernard, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brown University School of Public Health
2027-12-31