Clinical trial NCT05442112: Trial of eHealth Wellness Behavioral Interventions and Patient-reported Outcomes
Official title: A Randomized Control Trial of eHealth Wellness Behavioral Interventions and Patient-reported Outcomes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-01
Enrollment: 51
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 89
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Patients will be randomized 1:1 within provider schedules to either receive a secure message containing a set script on wellness-related topics in MS, or no additional information other than that provided by their clinician.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: In this project, the investigators hope to evaluate effective methods of communication with patients with multiple sclerosis regarding habits of physical activity, sleep, and diet. Currently, there is weak evidence regarding how to deliver adequate information at scale in the clinics with respect to diet, exercise, and sleep. It is unclear if receiving structured information impacts patient-reported outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS).

The study team hopes to evaluate the efficacy of after visit direct patient messaging in promoting any behavioral changes, the sustainability of those behavioral changes, and most importantly, if those changes impact patient-reported sense of self-efficacy in the participants disease management. In addition, the study team hopes that the data collected during this study will provide answers on how providing wellness strategies impacts patient reported outcomes, markers of behavior, and sense of disease progression.

Detailed description: This will be a prospective randomized control trial assessing the impact of the delivery of wellness-related information on patient-reported outcomes in multiple sclerosis. The investigators plan to query all patients who meet inclusion criteria over the course of at least three consecutive months who will be seen at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center Multiple Sclerosis clinic. On average, 200 patients are seen in the MS clinic monthly, and the investigators hope to enroll 120 patients in this time period. If the investigators are unable to reach this target number in two months, the investigators will continue to message patients over consecutive months until the investigators reach this number. The study team will send a recruitment message through MyChart to all eligible patients prior to the patients next clinic appointment to participate in the study, after which the patients will be consented (with documentation of waiver of consent) if interested. Those who are interested will be asked to fill out a series of electronic baseline questionnaires prior to the patient's appointment (sent by REDCap using subject-specific links).

Participants will subsequently be randomized 1:1 (stratified within each provider's daily clinic schedule) to either receive a secure message providing a set script (see Supplementary Materials) containing information on a number of wellness-related topics in MS (sleep, diet, exercise), or to receiving no additional information other than that provided by the participants clinician. This message will be sent as a secure message through Epic by a member of the study team by the end of the clinic day.

At one month and three months after the clinic visit, the study team will send the same questionnaires as were sent at baseline, assessing self-efficacy, reported physical activity, dietary habits, and sleep quality through REDCap subject-specific links.

The investigators will assess for any differences in outcomes between the control group and the group who received the wellness-related secure message. The investigators will evaluate for covariates that were imbalanced and adjust models when imbalance did occur, which is plausible given the expected sample size. In addition, the investigators will also evaluate via chart review whether diet, exercise, and sleep were assessed or discussed during the clinic visit.

In addition, the investigators will use descriptive statistics to describe participants and compare those who agree versus those who do not agree to participate. The investigators hope to evaluate density of use of the electronic medical record amongst this cohort, as well as demographic data on social determinants of health, including race, socioeconomic status, and geographic location, in order to evaluate predictors of responsiveness to the messaging.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18-89 years of age
* Diagnosis of MS (G35) seen at the Johns Hopkins MS Precision Medicine Center of Excellence within the past year, and upcoming appointment within the three-month window. We will require the relevant ICD10 code to be documented at least twice in two separate visits, either in the problem list and/or visit diagnosis, in order to avoid misdiagnosis.
* MyChart active account
* Provides consent to complete questionnaires and undergo randomization

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients known to be deceased in Epic
* Patients who have opted out of being contacted for research recruitment
* Patients who have opted out of being contacted for MyChart recruitment
* Patients who have opted out of being contacted for any reason

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in self-efficacy as assessed by the MS Self-Efficacy Scale (MSSE)
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Sleep Disturbance the Neuro-Quality of Life Sleep disturbance short form
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
measure: Change in Diet behavior Scores as assessed by the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay score (MIND Diet score)
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
measure: Change in Reported physical activity as assessed by the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ)
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 month
measure: Change in Reported physical activity as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Shuvro Roy, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Ellen Mowry, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Scott Newsome, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Peter Calabresi, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Shiv Saidha, MBBCh
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Pavan Bhargava, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Michael Kornberg, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Motl RW, Mowry EM, Ehde DM, LaRocca NG, Smith KE, Costello K, Shinto L, Ng AV, Sullivan AB, Giesser B, McCully KK, Fernhall B, Bishop M, Plow M, Casaccia P, Chiaravalloti ND. Wellness and multiple sclerosis: The National MS Society establishes a Wellness Research Working Group and research priorities. Mult Scler. 2018 Mar;24(3):262-267. doi: 10.1177/1352458516687404. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
citation: Motl RW, McAuley E, Snook EM, Gliottoni RC. Physical activity and quality of life in multiple sclerosis: intermediary roles of disability, fatigue, mood, pain, self-efficacy and social support. Psychol Health Med. 2009 Jan;14(1):111-24. doi: 10.1080/13548500802241902.