Use of Smartphone Health Applications Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years Recruited in Primary Care in Grenoble Area

Completed

• Conditions: Mobile Applications; Mobile Health

• Registration Number: NCT03351491
• Lead Sponsor: University Grenoble Alps

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-21
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-22
• Study Start: 2017-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2018-01-07
• Study Completion: 2018-01-14
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 597

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use of at least one mobile health application on a smartphone	month 1	Use of at least one mobile health application on a smartphone since the first use of a smartphone.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Geographical characteristics	month 1	Postcode
Number of drugs on the prescription	month 1	number of drugs on the prescription.
Names of applications used by the patient	month 1	The patient name the applications which he used. In order to help him/her , there are some examples of kind of applications.
Origin of the awareness of the existence of the mobile health application used.	month 1	How the patient became aware of the existence of used application: general practitioners, other doctors, other health professionals, media, social circle
Socio-demographic characteristics	month 1	Age (years) Sex (F/M) socio-professional group
Illness requiring treatment for more than a year	month 1	Diabetes, malignant tumor, psychiatric condition, cardiac diseases, rheumatological diseases, pulmonary diseases, chronic renal failure, other

Trial Locations

Locations (13)

Dr Ronflet; 🇫🇷 Chabons, France

Maison médicale Saint Martin d'Hères; 🇫🇷 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Dr Bichon; 🇫🇷 Villard de Lans, France

Maison médicale Moirans; 🇫🇷 Moirans, France

Dr CROS; 🇫🇷 Grenoble, France

Dr Riehl; 🇫🇷 La Côte-Saint-André, France

Centre de santé de l'abbaye; 🇫🇷 Grenoble, France

Dr Grasset; 🇫🇷 Grenoble, France

Dr PARADIS; 🇫🇷 Montmelian, France

Dr Chatellard; 🇫🇷 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Dr Moulis; 🇫🇷 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Dr Fuentes; 🇫🇷 Meylan, France

Maison Médicale de Tullins; 🇫🇷 Tullins, France