NCT05612685

Healthcare Providers as Trusted Messengers to Increase Receipt of Tax Credits Among Low-income Families

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 22 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Healthcare provider referral to a tax filing app in Depression in 21 participants. Completed in 31 May 2025.

Timeline

1 January 2023

Primary endpoint
31 May 2025

31 May 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, Los Angeles
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	21
Start date	1 January 2023
Primary completion	31 May 2025
Estimated completion	31 May 2025
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Healthcare provider referral to a tax filing app

Conditions studied

• Depression — all drugs for Depression →
• Child Development — all drugs for Child Development →
• Stress — all drugs for Stress →
• Physical Illness — all drugs for Physical Illness →

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Who can join

Adults 18 to 99, any sex, with Depression or Child Development. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Rate of Tax Filing at 3 Months: Did You File Taxes This Year? YES/NO Primary · 3 months

Self-reported tax filing status for the current year

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	8

Rate of Tax Filing at 9 Months: Did You File Taxes This Year? YES/NO Primary · 9 months

Self-reported tax filing status for the current year

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	8

Number of Parents With Positive Depression Score at Baseline Secondary · Baseline

Number of parents with a depression score above the cutoff range (i.e., scores of 3 or greater) on the Patient Health Questionnaire- 2 (score range 0-6, higher scores indicate worse depression symptoms)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	8

Number of Parents With Positive Depression Score at 9 Months Secondary · 9 months

Number of parents with a depression score above the cutoff range (i.e., scores of 3 or greater) on the Patient Health Questionnaire- 2 (score range 0-6, higher scores indicate worse depression symptoms)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	1

Number of Children With Excellent or Very Good Responses Ratings on Child Development at 9 Months Secondary · 9 months

Number of children with ratings of Excellent or Very Good Responses on child development item in the PROMIS Early Childhood Parent Report Global Health 8a ("How well is your child meeting developmental milestones?" Response options of Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	6

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of healthcare provider referrals to a tax filing app within parent-child health programs to test whether such referrals can increase receipt of tax credits among low-income parents. The study will use a single-group, pre/post test design with a sample of parents who have a child under 6 years of age. Participants will be recruited from parental-child health programs and clinics in Los Angeles and will complete surveys at baseline, immediately after tax filing season, and six months after tax filing season to assess 1) frequency of tax filing after referral (Feasibility), and 2) pre/posttest changes to parent and child health (preliminary efficacy).

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.