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MOLAR: Mapping Oral Health and Local Area Resources
Who can join
Ages 1 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * To be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: * No evidence of lack of capacity to provide verbal informed consent (as documented in the chart). * Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available by phone for the duration of the study (as reported by the patient) * Unmet oral health needs as ascertained by the Hope Home (adult) or Gazzaz (pediatric) questions * Adult (age ≥18 years old) ED patient or pediatric ED patient (\>1 year of age) presenting with parent or legal guardian. Parent will be the primary study participant but if age \> 7 years, the child will provide assent for medical record review. * Ability to communicate in English or Spanish (as reported by the patient) * Emergency severity index (ESI) 2-5 (as documented in the electronic medical record) * Residence within catchment area of 3-hospital region (defined by MGB home hospital catchment area) at initial enrollment (as reported by the patient) * Working phone number Exclusion Criteria: * Patients on involuntary holds (per electronic medical record review) * Presenting from carceral facilities (per electronic medical record review) * Presenting for acute mental health care under evaluation for Section 12 (per electronic medical record review) * Patients presenting for assistance with intimate partner violence (IPV) or care following sexual assault
About the study
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the impact of a screening and linkage intervention for adverse social determinants of health (aSDoH) on oral health linkage to care for emergency department patients. Researchers will compare three groups: Patients in Arm A will receive paper handouts with general oral health and aSDoH resources. Patients in Arm B will receive paper handouts with geographically-proximate oral health and aSDoH resources. Patients in Arm C will receive geographically-proximate oral health and aSDoH resources plus active navigational assistance.
What is being tested
- General information provision (behavioral)
- Geographic information provision (behavioral)
- Navigational assistance (behavioral)
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Participants: 2,927 · Started: Aug 25, 2023
Contact the study team
- Margaret Samuels-Kalow · Phone: 617-726-8340
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05688982
Locations in the U.S.
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.