Improving Health Insurance Literacy for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
This study is testing two approaches to help young adult cancer survivors understand their health insurance better and reduce financial stress. One group will receive a program called CHAT-S, which involves four video calls over two months with a patient navigator. These sessions will teach you about survivorship care and your specific cancer follow-up needs. The other group will receive usual care, which is a list of resources about insurance, financial help, and survivorship care. The study aims to enroll 300 participants between 26 and 45 years old who have been diagnosed with breast, testicular, lymphoma, sarcoma, or colorectal cancer and finished their initial treatment within the last year. Researchers will measure your health insurance understanding and financial stress at the beginning and again after six months. The study status is currently unclear.
- Study design
- This is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants are assigned by chance to one of two groups. It plans to enroll 300 young adult cancer survivors.
- What's involved
- If you join, you would either participate in four video conference sessions over two months or receive a resource list. Your health insurance understanding and financial stress will be measured at the start and after six months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for at least 6 months after starting the study.
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Improving Health Insurance Literacy Among Young Adult Cancer Survivors
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 1 statesWho to contact
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What this trial measures
- Health Insurance Literacy Measure (HILM)Baseline
The degree to which individuals have the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and evaluate information about health plans, select the best plan for their own (or their family's) financial and health circumstances, and use the plan. Determined by rating statements using a 4-point scale (very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, not all confident).
- COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST)Baseline
Financial distress related to medical costs. Determined by rating statements regarding financial distress on a 5-point scale (very much, quite a bit, somewhat, a little bit, not at all).
- Health Insurance Literacy Measure6 months
The degree to which individuals have the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and evaluate information about health plans, select the best plan for their own (or their family's) financial and health circumstances, and use the plan. Determined by rating statements using a 4-point scale (very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, not all confident).
- COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST)6 months
Financial distress related to medical costs. Determined by rating statements regarding financial distress on a 5-point scale (very much, quite a bit, somewhat, a little bit, not at all).
- Health Insurance Literacy Measure12 months
The degree to which individuals have the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and evaluate information about health plans, select the best plan for their own (or their family's) financial and health circumstances, and use the plan. Determined by rating statements using a 4-point scale (very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, not all confident).
- COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST)12 months
Financial distress related to medical costs. Determined by rating statements regarding financial distress on a 5-point scale (very much, quite a bit, somewhat, a little bit, not at all).