A smartphone app to measure day-to-day changes in hand symptoms
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Hand surgerySurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN19841416
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford
- Brief Summary
2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37707947/ (added 15/09/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. Participant aged over 18 years and undergoing treatment for recent hand trauma or thumb-base osteoarthritis (OA)
2. Able to provide informed consent
3. Able to download and use the EMCAT app onto a personal smartphone
Exclusion Criteria
The participant may not enter the study if they have any communicative or cognitive barrier that would prevent them from engaging in the interview process
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Response rates to EMCAT notifications across different scheduling regimes, measured using the app over 12 weeks<br> 2. Attrition rate, recorded as the number of participants who consent to participate that remain in the study until the end of follow up at 12 weeks, across different scheduling regimes<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. User engagement, as measured by the User Engagement Scale at 12 weeks<br> 2. Agreement of EMCAT scores and full-length PEM scores over 12 weeks<br> 3. Number of items administered and standard error of measurement in each assessment, over 12 weeks<br><br> 4. Explored using semi-structured interviews:<br> 4.1 The perceived value of the EMCAT as a data-capture platform<br> 4.2 The acceptability of EMCAT<br> 4.3 The perceived burden of EMCAT<br> 4.4 Facilitators and barriers to using EMCAT<br> 4.5 Areas for improvement within the EMCAT platform<br> 4.6 The potential for EMCAT’s use in remote monitoring and clinical decision support<br>