Cronin Robert M, Quaye Nives, Liu Xin, Landes Kristina, Crosby Lori E, Kassim Adetola A, DeBaun Michael R, Schnell Patrick M
Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 410 W 10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, United States, 1 6146889220.
Division of Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
JMIR Form Res. 2025 Jun 5;9:e67906. doi: 10.2196/67906.
BACKGROUND: While mobile health (mHealth) apps have been made for various diseases, including sickle cell disease (SCD), most focus on a single purpose. SCD is a chronic disease that requires knowledge of the disease, self-management, and adherence to treatment plans. While mHealth apps have been made with single features for SCD, there is limited understanding of using an mHealth app with a more comprehensive set of features that could engage adults with SCD, depending on what features they prefer and need to engage and empower them in living with their disease. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the usage of an mHealth app with various features, including pain tracking, quizzes for patient-facing guidelines, pain and asthma action plans, and goal setting. METHODS: Adults with SCD were enrolled at 2 sickle cell centers between 2018 and 2022 as part of a 6-month feasibility randomized controlled trial with participants completing surveys at baseline and 6 months. Participants were randomized into receiving either an mHealth app and booklet with patient-facing guidelines or a booklet with the guidelines alone. The mHealth app comprised web pages with patient-facing guideline material and a Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) project. The REDCap project included a personal profile, a pain tracker, goal setting, quizzes about the guidelines, and pain or asthma action plans. The REDCap project also included the ability to send daily text messages at a time they chose, which contained a message they could create and a link to their profile. Outcomes included SCD-specific knowledge and acute health care utilization (emergency room visits and hospitalizations). We evaluated the usage of these different features and relationships with baseline variables, each other, and study outcomes. RESULTS: Approximately 75% (50/67) of the enrolled and randomized participants completed all the study components, and 100% (26/26) of the participants who were randomized to the mHealth app arm and completed the study used the mHealth app. Further, 15/30 (50%) participants used multiple features. Baseline sickle cell knowledge and female gender were associated with more usage of pain diary (P=.04) and mission (P=.046) features, respectively. While not significant, mission completion was associated with lower hospitalizations (P=.06). CONCLUSIONS: Adults with SCD engaged differently with an mHealth app with multiple features. As this study was not focused on one part of our app, engagement with features in this app was entirely patient-driven, which may demonstrate the expected real-world use of an mHealth app in this population. A multipurpose app can help engage participants in self-management strategies through different features and potentially improve outcomes.
背景:虽然移动健康(mHealth)应用程序已针对包括镰状细胞病(SCD)在内的各种疾病开发,但大多数都专注于单一目的。SCD是一种慢性病,需要了解疾病、自我管理并遵守治疗计划。虽然已经开发了具有单一功能的mHealth应用程序用于SCD,但对于使用具有更全面功能集的mHealth应用程序的了解有限,这种应用程序可以让成年SCD患者参与进来,这取决于他们喜欢哪些功能以及需要哪些功能来使他们参与并增强应对疾病的能力。 目的:我们评估了一款具有多种功能的mHealth应用程序的使用情况,这些功能包括疼痛追踪、面向患者指南的测验、疼痛和哮喘行动计划以及目标设定。 方法:2018年至2022年期间,在2个镰状细胞中心招募了成年SCD患者,作为一项为期6个月的可行性随机对照试验的一部分,参与者在基线和6个月时完成调查。参与者被随机分为接受一个带有面向患者指南的mHealth应用程序和手册,或者仅接受一本带有指南的手册。mHealth应用程序包括带有面向患者指南材料的网页和一个研究电子数据采集(REDCap)项目。REDCap项目包括个人资料、疼痛追踪器、目标设定、关于指南的测验以及疼痛或哮喘行动计划。REDCap项目还包括能够在他们选择的时间发送每日短信,短信包含他们可以创建的一条消息以及指向其个人资料的链接。结果包括SCD特定知识和急性医疗保健利用情况(急诊室就诊和住院)。我们评估了这些不同功能的使用情况以及与基线变量、彼此之间以及研究结果的关系。 结果:大约75%(50/67)登记并随机分组的参与者完成了所有研究组件,并且在随机分配到mHealth应用程序组并完成研究的参与者中,100%(26/26)使用了mHealth应用程序。此外,15/30(50%)的参与者使用了多种功能。基线镰状细胞知识和女性性别分别与疼痛日记(P = 0.04)和任务(P = 0.046)功能的更多使用相关。虽然不显著,但任务完成与较低的住院率相关(P = 0.06)。 结论:成年SCD患者对具有多种功能的mHealth应用程序的参与方式不同。由于本研究并非专注于我们应用程序的某一部分,对该应用程序功能的参与完全由患者驱动,这可能展示了mHealth应用程序在该人群中的预期实际使用情况。一个多功能应用程序可以通过不同功能帮助参与者参与自我管理策略,并可能改善结果。
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