eHealth for the Elderly

Completed

• Conditions: Multiple Myeloma

• Registration Number: NCT04393090
• Lead Sponsor: Cankado GmbH

Brief Summary

Since internet usage as a complementing element in cancer care is becoming more and more important in oncological routine we launched My-eStEPs (eHealth Strategy for Elderly Patients with Multiple Myeloma) to investigate how specifically elderly patients and their Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) adopt electronic Health (eHealth) support during outpatient treatment. The purpose of this project is to explore how eHealth support influences patients' interaction with their HCPs and how both can benefit from this.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10
• Primary Completion: 2017-05
• Study Completion: 2017-05
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-05-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• multiple myeloma patients
• treated by oral IMiDs

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Purpose of patient's internet use	3 months	Evaluated in the following criteria: news, online-banking, information collection about products, health-related topics, software downloads, dictionaries
Patient's technical equipment	3 months	The presence of following equipment was evaluated: fixed network telephone, smartphone, internet-enabled computer, notebook, laptop, iPad and tablet ownership.
Frequency of patient's internet use	3 months	Evaluated in the following criteria: daily, at least once per week, at least once per month, less than once per month
Patient's internet use for health-related topics	3 months	Evaluated in the following criteria: does the patient use the internet for health-related topics and if yes, for what exactly
eHealth usage satisfaction	3 months	By a structured interview with the patients about their user satisfaction (graded between 1 (best) and 5 (worst))

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Hämato-Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis; 🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg, Germany

St.-Antonius-Hospital; 🇩🇪 Eschweiler, Germany

Onkologie-Köln,; 🇩🇪 Köln, Germany

Medicum; 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden, Germany

Praxis Dr. med. Peter Ehscheidt, Facharzt für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Medikamentöse Tumortherapie und Palliativmedizin; 🇩🇪 Neuwied, Germany

Praxis am Albertinen- Krankenhaus; 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie; 🇩🇪 Langen, Germany

Institut für Versorgungsforschung in der Onkologie GbR; 🇩🇪 Koblenz, Germany