Clinical trial NCT03437863: Feasibility of a Mobile Application to Support Reflection and Dialog About Strengths in People With Chronic Illness
Official title: Capitalizing on the Strengths of Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis to Improve Health and Wellness
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Disease
Rheumatic Diseases
Keywords: self-management
health assets
Strengths
mHealth
Feasibility
Lead sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
name: Diakonhjemmet Hospital
First posted: 2018-02-19
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Participants will be recruited to a pre-post design study.
Primary purpose: DEVICE_FEASIBILITY

Brief summary: Self-management of chronic illness can be highly demanding and people need to mobilize their personal strengths in order to live well with their condition. A mobile application was designed in collaboration with people with chronic illness and health care providers with the aims to support awareness of patients' strengths and patient-provider dialogues that include strengths. The aim of the present study is to evaluate with mixed methods the perceived usefulness and usability of the application and potential effects of the application on patients.

Detailed description: In this pre-post design pilot study participants will be recruited from self-management courses for people with rheumatic diseases. Before using the application participants will be asked to report their strengths in a written format. After using the mobile application to reflect on their strengths the participants will be interviewed about their experience of using the application and on the task of reflecting on their strengths. They will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire on perceived usefulness and user-friendliness. Before and after using the application the participants fill out questionnaires on emotions (Positive and Negative Affective Scale) and self-efficacy (The Arthritis Self-efficacy Scale). All interviews will be audio-taped and analyzed with a qualitative approach. Descriptive analysis will be applied for quantitative data.

Eligibility criteria: Setting 1:

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age of 18 years or older
* Can read and speak Norwegian language
* Diagnosed with a chronic condition
* Participating or having recently participated in a learning and mastery or an outpatient rehabilitation program

No exclusion criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perceived Usefulness of the Application
timeFrame: Within an hour after using the application
measure: The System Usability Scale
timeFrame: Within an hour after using the application
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and post-intervention, within an hour after using the application
measure: The Arthritis Self-efficacy Scale
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and post-intervention, within an hour after using the application
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Oslo
country: Norway
facility: Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Oslo University Hospital, Center for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research
name: Olöf B Kristjansdottir, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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