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. 2022 Jul 18;12(7):783–792. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac016

Table 1.

Bridge to Health/Puente a la Salud feasibility metrics and results

Goal Definition/calculation Navigation only Navigation + DSMS
Recruit 100 eligible participants over 6 months # of eligible participants enrolled/ total # of eligible patients Recruited 110 participants over 8 months
Successfully connect 50% or more participants to CHW and/or Patient Navigator # of participants with at least one encounter (via phone or in person) with a CHW and/or Patient Navigator/total number of participants enrolled in each arm 78% connected to Patient Navigator 80% connected to Patient Navigator
84% connected to CHW
Connect participants to CHW and/or Patient Navigator in 7–14 days, M (SD) Mean # of days between date of assignment to date of first encounter with a CHW and/or Patient Navigator across participants per study arm 13.5 (15.4) days to connect to Patient Navigator 14.3 (18) days to connect to Patient Navigator
9 (7.3) days to connect to CHW
Participants complete at least 8/9 DECIDE sessions Number of DECIDE sessions the CHW successfully delivers to a participant Not applicable 40 participants completed a mean of 7.4 sessions
(30 [75%] completed all 9 sessions)
At least 80% of participants with 6-month A1C at the end of study # of participants with an A1C test at 6-month follow-up/ # of enrolled participants 67% (91% for A1C or YCLS) 80% (91% for A1C or YCLS)

CHW community health worker; DECIDE Decision-making Education for Choices in Diabetes Everyday; DSMS diabetes self-management support; YCLS Your Current Life Situation.