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Pilot Feasibility Study of a Sjögren's Syndrome Self-management App

Not Applicable
Conditions
Sjogren's Syndrome
Interventions
Behavioral: Self-management app with all intervention components
Behavioral: Self-management app with Information component only
Registration Number
NCT04653935
Lead Sponsor
Northumbria University
Brief Summary

This study investigates the feasibility of a fully remote effectiveness evaluation of a self-management smartphone application for those with Sjogren's syndrome.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to pilot and assess the feasibility of a fully remote effectiveness evaluation of a smartphone self-management app for those living with Sjogren's syndrome.

The fully-remote evaluation will involve minimal contact with researchers. Potential participants will be recruited internationally online through social media and mailing lists for Sjogren's syndrome support groups. Adverts will direct people to download the self-management app on app stores (Apple App Store and Google Play). The app has been designed to automate all study procedures, by guiding users through the following processes: screening, informed consent, randomisation, and the collection of outcome data through in-app surveys sent at 0, 5, and 10 weeks. Users will be randomised to receive the full intervention or a control:

* Intervention group: full version of the app containing multiple behavioural components: Symptom and Lifestyle Information, Energy Management, Goal Setting, Managing Difficult Times, Assertiveness and Communication Skills.

* Control Group: minimal version of the app containing only the Symptom and Lifestyle Information component.

To pilot and assess the feasibility of the planned methodology, and inform the design of a future definitive randomised control trial of the app, the primary objectives of this study are to: characterise users (i.e. international recruitment and consent rates), and test screening, randomisation and data collection procedures (i.e. outcome measure completion rates and score variability). The secondary objectives are to explore app engagement patterns (using log data) and the acceptability of the study procedures and the app (using remote semi-structured interviews).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
996
Inclusion Criteria
  • Over 18 years of age
  • Diagnosed with either Primary or Secondary Sjogren's syndrome (self-report)
  • Own an iPhone or Android smartphone
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Full app with all app componentsSelf-management app with all intervention componentsUsers receive app that contains all intervention components including: Symptom and Lifestyle information, Energy management, Goal Setting, Managing Difficult Times, Assertiveness and Communication Skills.
Control minimal app with information component onlySelf-management app with Information component onlyUsers receive app that contains only Symptom and Lifestyle information, and cannot see other intervention components.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of people downloading the appThrough to completion of data collection period of up to 6 months

Total number of people who download the app from App Stores

Percentage of consenting users (denominator is number eligible)Through to completion of data collection period up to 6 months

Proportion of those who are eligible to participate that consented to take part in the study

Percentage of randomised users (denominator is number eligible)Through to completion of data collection period up to 6 months

Proportion of those who are eligible to participate that complete all surveys at week 0 and then automatically randomised to one of two app versions.

Percentage of retained users (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeksThrough to completion of data collection period up to 6 months

Proportion of those who those who consent to participate that complete all surveys at 10 weeks

ICECAP-A Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life Measure across participants

ICECAP-A Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life Measure across participants

ICECAP-A Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life Measure across participants

ICECAP-A Completion rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of ICECAP-A survey

Percentage of retained users (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeksThrough to completion of data collection period up to 6 months

Proportion of those who those who consent to participate that complete all surveys at 5 weeks

ICECAP-A Completion rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of ICECAP-A survey

MFIS-5 Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure, across participants

Percentage of eligible users (denominator is number downloading)Through to completion of data collection period up to 6 months

Proportion of users who have downloaded the app that are eligible to participate

ICECAP-A Completion rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of ICECAP-A survey

ICECAP-A Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life Measure across participants

ICECAP-A Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life Measure across participants

MFIS-5 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

ICECAP-A Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ICECAP-A" Quality of Life measure across participants

ESSPRI Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ESSPRI" symptom severity measure across participants

ESSPRI Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on ESSPRI symptom severity measure across participants

MFIS-5 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of anxiety

Anxiety Digital VAS Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

MFIS-5 Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure, across participants

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of depression

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

Depression Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on depression VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of anxiety

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 8 questions of the SCI

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the SCI across participants

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the SCI across participants

PAM-10 Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the PAM-10 across participants

PAM-10 Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the PAM-10 across participants

ESSPRI Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 3 questions of ESSPRI symptom severity survey (assessing dryness, fatigue and pain symptoms).

ESSPRI Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on ESSPRI symptom severity measure across participants

ESSPRI Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on ESSPRI symptom severity measure across participants

MFIS-5 Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure, across participants

MFIS-5 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure across participants

MFIS-5 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure across participants

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of depression

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 8 questions of the SCI

PAM-10 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 10 questions of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-10)

ESSPRI Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 3 questions of ESSPRI survey (assessing dryness, fatigue and pain symptoms).

ESSPRI Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 3 questions of ESSPRI symptom severity survey (assessing dryness, fatigue and pain symptoms).

ESSPRI Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ESSPRI" symptom severity measure across participants

ESSPRI Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on "ESSPRI" symptom severity measure across participants

MFIS-5 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 5 questions of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

MFIS-5 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on MFIS-5 fatigue impact measure across participants

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of depression

Depression Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

Depression Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on depression VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital VAS Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the Anxiety digital VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the Anxiety digital VAS across participants

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the SCI across participants

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the SCI across participants

Depression Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on depression VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete the single digital VAS regarding severity of anxiety

Anxiety Digital VAS Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the 100 point digital VAS across participants

Anxiety Digital VAS Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the Anxiety digital VAS across participants

PAM-10 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the PAM-10 across participants

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 8 questions of the SCI

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the SCI across participants

Sleep Condition Index (SCI) Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the SCI across participants

PAM-10 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 10 questions of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-10)

PAM-10 Completion Rate (denominator is number consenting) at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Percentage of those who consent to take part that complete all 10 questions of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-10)

PAM-10 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 0 weeks0 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the PAM-10 across participants

PAM-10 Mean Score at 5 weeks5 weeks from date of consent

Average score on the PAM-10 across participants

PAM-10 Standard Deviation of Mean Score at 10 weeks10 weeks from date of consent

Standard deviation around Mean Score on the PAM-10 across participants

User Demographics0 weeks from date of consent

Investigator-developed questionnaire asking users to enter their gender (M/F/Other/Prefer not to say), age (years), whether users have primary or secondary Sjogren's syndrome, number of years since diagnosis, country of residence, and any other conditions users wish to report.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
App user retentionInteraction data will be collected continuously for up to 13 weeks for each participant.

Percentage of participants who launch the app at least once a week as recorded by automatically-generated logs

Duration of app engagementInteraction data will be collected continuously for up to 13 weeks for each participant.

The maximum, minimum and average length of time users interact with app

Frequency of app engagementInteraction data will be collected continuously for up to 13 weeks for each participant.

The maximum, minimum and average number of times the app is launched

Depth of app engagementInteraction data will be collected continuously for up to 13 weeks for each participant.

The maximum, minimum and average number of times users interact with specific app features after launching the app

Acceptability of app and study proceduresInterviews will take place after users have had the app installed on their device for 10 weeks after date of consent

All users will be invited to participate in a remote qualitative interview (up to 60 minutes). We do not expect that all participants will take part, and aim to recruit n=20 (10 in experimental group, 10 in control group). Interested users will be contacted via email to consent and arrange a suitable interview time. Semi-structured interviews will explore acceptability of the app and study procedures (i.e. affective attitude, burden, perceived effectiveness of the app, ethicality, app coherence, and opportunity costs) and usability of the app (informed by items on the System Usability Scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northumbria University

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom

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