Consumer Access to Personal Health Information for Asthma Self-Management

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma
• Interventions: Behavioral: mobile & web-based action plan

• Registration Number: NCT01964469
• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute

Brief Summary

This study is to compare Smart phone mobile device and/or web based application asthma action plan to the standard of care paper based asthma action plan within an asthma program. The Primary hypothesis: Health Outcome - The Breathe mobile health and web-based application improves asthma related quality of life more than conventional best practice

Detailed Description

This study is a multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a web-based (Smart phone mobile device, tablet and/or personal computer PC) asthma action plan application to best practice/usual care within an asthma program. A third external comparator arm will compare participants to all patients with asthma in Ontario using data obtained from the Ontario Asthma Surveillance Information System (OASIS) cohort, created from administrative data sets within the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Subjects will be randomly assigned in blocks of four, stratified by site to, in a ratio of 1:1 intervention or control arms. The study will enrol approximately 400 patients in total at all study sites.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-01-21
• Study Start: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-10-14
• Study First Posted: 2013-10-17
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2016-03
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 344

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of asthma
• Age 18 of age or older
• Familiar with web technology
• Provide consent
• Understand/read/write English

Exclusion Criteria

• Indication of other chronic lung diseases in the opinion of the physician that would impact their ability to participate in the trial or affect quality of life (Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mobile & web based action plan	mobile & web-based action plan	Evidence-based best practice within the primary care asthma program, replacing the written action plan with the Breathe mobile health and web-based application.
Written self-management action plan	mobile & web-based action plan	Usual Care: Evidence-based best practice within the primary care asthma program including written self-management action plan and regular clinical review.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Outcome - Quality of Life	6 months	Health Outcome - The Breathe mobile health and web-based application improves asthma related quality of life more than conventional best practice.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality - Health Care Utilization	1 year	Appropriateness of Care - Individuals with asthma who use the intervention will experience a decrease in the number of unplanned health system encounters

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Amherstburg FHT; 🇨🇦 Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

Sault St. Marie Group Health Centre; 🇨🇦 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph's Hospital Asthma Clinic; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada

Windsor FHT; 🇨🇦 Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Leamington FHT; 🇨🇦 Leamington, Ontario, Canada

Chatham-Kent FHT; 🇨🇦 Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Harrow FHT; 🇨🇦 Harrow, Ontario, Canada

Kingston Hospital Asthma Clinic; 🇨🇦 Kingston, Ontario, Canada