Table 1.

Patient Responses to Social Needs Survey (n = 123)

Domain	Descriptor of Positive Screen	Percentage with Positive Screen	Percentage Asking for Help
Physical activity	Less than 150 minutes of strenuous exercise per week	53.0	1.6
Dental	Last dental appointment ≥1 year ago	25.2	1.6
Alcohol use	AUDIT-C^* score ≥3 in women or ≥4 in men	14.6	0.8
Overall health	Self-rated health as “fair” or “poor”^{^†}	13.0	0.0
Tobacco use	Current use of cigarettes	12.2	0.8
Finances	Lack of medical insurance, concern for losing medical insurance, or problems paying for medications, clinic visits or supplies	11.4	0.0
Work	Currently unemployed, receiving disability, or other government assistance	11.4	0.0
Learning	Problems with understanding, remembering, seeing, hearing, and English literacy	10.6	0.8
Mental health	PHQ-2^{^‡} score ≥3	10.6	0.8
Food	Insufficient food and lack of money to buy more	7.3	1.6
Drugs	Any use of illicit drugs or prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes	7.3	0.0
Transportation	Problems with access to transportation	4.9	0.8
Housing	Currently homeless or living in shelter; currently at risk of losing housing; or concern that will lose housing in next 6 months	4.1	0.8
Education	Did not complete high school	2.4	1.6
Safety	Feeling unsafe in neighborhood or concern that spouse/partner might hurt them	2.4	2.4
Social connections	Limited interaction with family, friends, and neighbors	1.6	0.8
Overall with at least one domain		86.2	3.3
Overall with at least one domain with physical activity excluded		70.7	3.3

Note: see Appendix A for full social needs survey.
↵* AUDIT-C is a 3-item validated alcohol screening tool that helps identify persons with hazardous drinking or active alcohol use disorders.
↵† options for health ranking including Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor.
↵‡ PHQ-2, the Patient Health Questionnaire-2, is a validated depression screening tool, which inquires about frequency of depressed mood and anhedonia over the past 2 weeks.