StressNCT02723227
The Impact of Family Financial Support on Parental Stress
A study testing Financial Coaching and Referral to Social Services in people with Stress, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what the investigators have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Stress
- What is being tested?
- Financial Coaching and Referral to Social Services
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 150 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Mar 2016to Oct 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participants will include caregivers and parents with one or more dependents, some form of income, and a tax identification number.
Who cannot join
- Inability to partake in the financial coaching or primary language other than English or Spanish.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what the investigators have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health. The investigators will evaluate the MFP's impact on family economic strain and parental stress.
Read the detailed description
Financial coaching is a new tool in the field of community development, but it has already demonstrated significant financial impact in a number of studies, including one randomized trial conducted by the Urban Institute. Financial coaching improves participant financial literacy, budgeting, saving for financial emergencies, and debt level. The investigators' project will help clinicians and the field of community economic development understand health and well-being through a new economic lens and assess the health-related impacts of the emerging field of financial coaching. The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what they have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health. The investigators will evaluate the MFP's impact on parental strain and stress.
Community-based participants will be recruited from South Los Angeles and randomized to receive either monthly financial coaching plus access to referral for social services (intervention) or access to referral for social services alone (control). Inclusion criteria include having dependents under age 18, having some form of income, and having a tax identification number (social security number or Individual Tax Identification Number). Participants will be surveyed quarterly regarding their economic strain using the Family Economic Strain Scale and their individual stress using the Parenting Stress Index.
- Conditions
- Stress
- Being tested
- Financial Coaching, Referral to Social Services
- Keywords
- Parenting Stress, Stress, Social Determinants, Socioeconomic status, Financial Coaching
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Financial CoachingBehavioural
Enrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field.
Referral to Social ServicesBehavioural
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Coaching & Social Service Referral | Experimental | Enrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field. Receives: Behavioral: Financial Coaching; Behavioral: Referral to Social Services |
| Social Services Referral | Active comparator | Enrollment provides for access to referrals to social services. Receives: Behavioral: Referral to Social Services |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Family Economic Strain
Parents will be asked to assess the degree to which their economic circumstances impact their family functioning using the Family Economic Strain Scale
Measured: Up to one year (if possible)
Parenting Stress
Parents will be asked to quantify their parenting stress using the Parenting Stress Index
Measured: Up to one year (if possible)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted30 Mar 2016 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2016
- Primary completionOct 2017
- Study completionOct 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for StressStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, Los AngelesThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Adam Schickedanz, University of California, Los Angeles
- Investigators
- Adam Schickedanz, MD, Principal investigator, University of California, Los Angeles
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02723227
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UCLASchickedanzFCS
- Status last verified
- Oct 2017
- First submitted
- 25 Mar 2016
- Last updated
- 26 Oct 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Participant consent did not include data sharing and there is no appropriate repository to share data with
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Oct 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Impact of Family Financial Support on Parental Stress
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02723227
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UCLASchickedanzFCS
- Conditions
- Stress
- Keywords
- Parenting Stress, Stress, Social Determinants, Socioeconomic status, Financial Coaching
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los AngelesUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2016
- Primary completion
- Oct 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 30 Mar 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what the investigators have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health. The investigators will evaluate the MFP's impact on family economic strain and parental stress.
Detailed description
Financial coaching is a new tool in the field of community development, but it has already demonstrated significant financial impact in a number of studies, including one randomized trial conducted by the Urban Institute. Financial coaching improves participant financial literacy, budgeting, saving for financial emergencies, and debt level. The investigators' project will help clinicians and the field of community economic development understand health and well-being through a new economic lens and assess the health-related impacts of the emerging field of financial coaching. The investigators have partnered with financial coaching organizations to establish what they have termed a "Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP)" that offers financial coaching to improve financial and mental health. The investigators will evaluate the MFP's impact on parental strain and stress.
Community-based participants will be recruited from South Los Angeles and randomized to receive either monthly financial coaching plus access to referral for social services (intervention) or access to referral for social services alone (control). Inclusion criteria include having dependents under age 18, having some form of income, and having a tax identification number (social security number or Individual Tax Identification Number). Participants will be surveyed quarterly regarding their economic strain using the Family Economic Strain Scale and their individual stress using the Parenting Stress Index.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Coaching & Social Service Referral | Experimental | Behavioral: Financial Coaching, Behavioral: Referral to Social ServicesEnrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field. |
| Social Services Referral | Active comparator | Behavioral: Referral to Social ServicesEnrollment provides for access to referrals to social services. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participants will include caregivers and parents with one or more dependents, some form of income, and a tax identification number.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Inability to partake in the financial coaching or primary language other than English or Spanish.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Financial CoachingEnrollment in one-to-one financial coaching intervention to support savings, income, and credit while reducing debt using available tools in the community development field. | Behavioural | Financial Coaching & Social Service Referral |
| Referral to Social Services | Behavioural | Financial Coaching & Social Service Referral, Social Services Referral |
Primary outcome
Family Economic Strain
Time frame: Up to one year (if possible)
Parents will be asked to assess the degree to which their economic circumstances impact their family functioning using the Family Economic Strain Scale
Parenting Stress
Time frame: Up to one year (if possible)
Parents will be asked to quantify their parenting stress using the Parenting Stress Index
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Oct 2017.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Participant consent did not include data sharing and there is no appropriate repository to share data with
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Adam Schickedanz, MD principal investigator
University of California, Los Angeles
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Financial Coaching and Referral to Social Services in people with Stress, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Oct 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Family Economic Strain (time frame: Up to one year (if possible)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Oct 2017.