Clinical trial NCT03351491: Use of Smartphone Health Applications Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years Recruited in Primary Care in Grenoble Area
Official title: Use of Smartphone Health Applications Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years Recruited in Primary Care in Grenoble Area
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Mobile Applications
Mobile Health
Keywords: Health mobile applications
Apps
mhealth
ehealth
France
msanté
applications mobiles
Lead sponsor: University Grenoble Alps
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-11-22
Enrollment: 597
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 69
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Population recruited in 12 general practictioners and 1 primary care center in Grenoble area in France.

Brief summary: This study evaluates the frequency of use of smartphone health applications among people consulting in primary care in the Grenoble region, France.

This is a descriptive study using a questionnaire completed by the patient and distributed by general practitioners. The study also collects the type of used application as well as the rhythm of usage, and compares the use of mobile health applications according to the sociodemographic, geographical and medical characteristics of the studied population.

Detailed description: Smartphones are more and more present and change many aspects of people's life, especially in the field of health. The appearance of numerous mobile health applications over the past years explains this strong attractiveness.

According to some studies, these could lead to savings in health care systems by promoting a preventive approach and refocusing cares on the patient who would be more independent. However, not much data on the use of smartphone health applications by patients are reported in the scientific literature.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the frequency of use of smartphone mobile health applications among primary care patients aged 18 to 69 in the Grenoble region, France.

The secondary objectives are the collection of the kind of application used, the rhythm of usage of these health applications and the comparison of the frequency of use with the sociodemographic, geographical and medical characteristics of the studied population.

To this end, the investigators use a questionnaire distributed by voluntary general practitioners and filled by patients. The number of subjects to be included is 385 and the number of distributed questionnaires is 1500.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged among 18 to 69 years old who consults a general practitioner regardless of the reason for consultation

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients aged 17 and less and patients aged 70 years and over.
* Patients not owning a mobile phone and / or smartphone for own
* Patients deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision or subject to a legal protection measure

Primary outcomes:
measure: Use of at least one mobile health application on a smartphone
timeFrame: month 1
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Socio-demographic characteristics
timeFrame: month 1
measure: Geographical characteristics
timeFrame: month 1
measure: Names of applications used by the patient
timeFrame: month 1
measure: Origin of the awareness of the existence of the mobile health application used.
timeFrame: month 1
measure: Number of drugs on the prescription
timeFrame: month 1
measure: Illness requiring treatment for more than a year
timeFrame: month 1
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chabons
country: France
facility: Dr Ronflet
city: Grenoble
country: France
facility: Centre de santé de l'abbaye
city: Grenoble
country: France
facility: Dr CROS
city: Grenoble
country: France
facility: Dr Grasset
city: La Côte-Saint-André
country: France
facility: Dr Riehl
city: Meylan
country: France
facility: Dr Fuentes
city: Moirans
country: France
facility: Maison médicale Moirans
city: Montmelian
country: France
facility: Dr PARADIS
city: Saint-Martin-d'Hères
country: France
facility: Dr Chatellard
city: Saint-Martin-d'Hères
country: France
facility: Dr Moulis
city: Saint-Martin-d'Hères
country: France
facility: Maison médicale Saint Martin d'Hères
city: Tullins
country: France
facility: Maison Médicale de Tullins
city: Villard de Lans
country: France
facility: Dr Bichon
Study officials:
References:
citation: Paradis S, Roussel J, Bosson JL, Kern JB. Use of Smartphone Health Apps Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years in Primary Care: Population-Based Cross-sectional Survey. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jun 16;6(6):e34882. doi: 10.2196/34882.