Usability and Effectiveness of a Self-care Mobile Health App in Individuals With Heart Failure
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Texas Woman's University
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Quality of Experience
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study was designed to determine the potential benefits that individuals with heart failure (HF) could experience from using a mobile application.
Detailed Description
The mobile application is called the Heart Failure Health Storylines (HFHS). The potential benefits will be examined by determining the changes in physical activity and quality of life of the participants, who will use the application and compare the results with the participants, who will not use the application.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adults with chronic heart failure, class I - III based on New York Heart Association (NYHA) scale
- •Walking independently with/without an assistive device
Exclusion Criteria
- •The participant will be excluded if one or more of the following is present
- •Cognitive impairment (< 26 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment).
- •Uncorrected vision
- •Hearing problems
- •Neurological disorders.
- •Cannot speak and read the English language,
- •Not owning a smart cell phone with internet access.
Arms & Interventions
Non-App Group
The participants will be instructed to continue their daily routine, track their daily steps with a pedometer, and record their daily steps on the "Activity Log" paper form.
App Group
The participants will be trained how to use the mobile application (Heart Failure Health Storyline (HFHS)) to track their health status, physical activity, manage their medications schedule, and explore the other features that the application has. Additionally, they will receive a pedometer to track their daily steps and record their data on the mobile application.
Intervention: App Group (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Quality of Experience
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 4 weeks
The Quality of Experience (QoE) survey will be used to measure the quality of experience in using the mobile application
Secondary Outcomes
- Quality of Life for Individuals with Heart Failure(Change from baseline to 4 weeks)
- Quality of Life for Individuals with HF(Change from baseline to 4 weeks)
- Physical Activity will be indicated by daily step counts(Change from baseline to 4 weeks)