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Self-Management for Youth and Families Living With SCD - SMYLS

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Sickle Cell Disease
Interventions
Behavioral: Voice Crisis Alert V2
Registration Number
NCT03585543
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Brief Summary

The purpose of this proposal is to integrate family-centered self-management strategies with mobile health (mHealth) technology to improve reach, self-management behaviors, and child and caregiver physical and psychosocial symptoms and quality of life. Specifically, the investigators propose to conduct feasibility testing of SMYLS, which has been adapted based on user feedback in the first phase of this study. First the investigators will work with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic to identify and recruit families with children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the community, statewide. Next, the investigators will test the feasibility of the intervention with 30 dyads of children ages 8 - 17 with sickle cell disease and their parent or primary caregiver, (N=60)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • children ages 8 - 17 years and parent or primary caregiver 18 years or older
  • child with sickle cell disease, as reported by clinician at MUSC Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Parent/caregiver or child with cognitive disability or delay that precludes ability to participate
  • Lack of wi-fi access
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Single group intervention armVoice Crisis Alert V2-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rates of RecruitmentAssessed each week over a period of 6 months, cumulative data up to 6 months is reported.

Number of weeks required to recruit 30 participants.

Participant Adherence to Interventionbaseline to 6 weeks, 6 weeks to 12 weeks, 12 weeks to 6 months

number of participants who sent messages to nurse practitioner

Acceptability of InterventionAssessed each week over a period of 6 months, cumulative data up to 6 months is reported.

Number of participants reporting problems with the intervention (mHealth app) per week.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference in Mean Scores for Anxiety From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS) Pediatric Short Form Anxiety 8a: Raw Scores range from 0 - 32, with 0 being the lowest anxiety rating and 32 the highest anxiety rating. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any decrease difference in mean scores = improved

Difference in Mean Pain Score Rating From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference Pediatric Short Form 8a: Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Raw scores range from 0 - 32, with 0 being the lowest pain rating and 32 the highest pain rating. Any decrease in mean difference between scores = improved

Difference in Mean Caregiver Self-efficacy Score From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Self-efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item scale. Scores for each item range from 1 - 10 with 1 indicating lower confidence/self-efficacy and 10 indicating higher confidence/self-efficacy. Scores for each item are averaged for the mean total score. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any increase in difference in mean scores = improved

Differences in Mean Scores on Depressive Symptoms From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline,12 weeks

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS) Pediatric short form depression 8a: Raw Scores range from 0 - 32, with 0 being the lowest depression rating and 32 the highest depression rating. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any decrease in differences in mean scores = improved

Difference in Mean Scores for Fatigue From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Fatigue Pediatric Short Form 10a: Raw Scores range from 0 - 40 with 0 being the least amount of fatigue and 40 the most fatigue. Difference in mean scores at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any decrease in rating = improved

Differences in Mean Scores for Pain Intensity From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Intensity Pediatric 3a. Raw scores range from 3 - 15, with 3 being the lowest pain intensity rating and 15 being the highest pain intensity rating. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any decrease in mean difference between scores = improved

Home Medication Administration12 weeks

Adherence to home medications, measured by number of medications marked as taken in the app database.

Differences in Mean Scores for Quality of Life From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (Peds QL): Scores are transformed on a scale from 0 - 100, with 0 indicating the highest possible problems with quality of life and 100 indicating the lowest possible problems with quality of life. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any increase in difference between mean scores = improved

Differences in Mean Scores for Disease-related Quality of Life From Baseline to End-of-interventionbaseline, 12 weeks

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (Peds QL) with SCD module: Scores are transformed on a scale from 0 - 100, with 0 indicating the highest possible problems with quality of life and 100 indicating the lowest possible problems with quality of life. Change in score at 12 weeks minus baseline. Any increase in difference between mean scores = improved

Clinic Appointment Attendance12 weeks

Number of missed clinic appointments at baseline compared to 12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of South Carolina

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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