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Just TRAC It! Transitioning Responsibly to Adult Care Using Smart Phone Technology

NCT03429335 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

The Just TRAC It! study (Transitioning Responsibly to Adult Care using smart phone technology) is a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the impact of using smart phone technology in combination with the nurse led transition intervention, versus the current standard of care (nurse led transition intervention including MyHealth Passport), on preparing adolescents with chronic cardiac disease to successfully transition from pediatric to adult cardiology care. "Just TRAC it!" is a mobile-health intervention designed to teach youth to manage their health using existing functions on their mobile devices. We propose to conduct a nurse-led intervention that encourages adolescents to use "Just TRAC it!" while addressing the healthcare transition needs of 16-18 year olds.

Conditions

  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Heart; Surgery, Heart, Functional Disturbance as Result

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Teaching session

The cardiology nurse (RN) will have an hour long one-on-one teaching session prior to their pediatric cardiology clinic visit. The RN will go over the youth's cardiac history including the chronic heart disease diagnoses, names and dates of cardiac surgical procedures and cardiac catheterizations, and current cardiac medications and doses. She will also discuss transitioning from pediatric to adult care and healthy lifestyle choices.

BEHAVIORAL

Just TRAC It!

Just TRAC It! (Transitioning Responsibly to Adult Care) is a mobile health intervention that encourages youth to use existing functions on their personal phones to track their health information. The use of Just TRAC It! allows youth to electronically document all medical information that would previously be printed on their MyHealth Passport, but may offer additional functionality in terms of learning to manage their health.

BEHAVIORAL

MyHealth Passport

MyHealth Passport is a customized, wallet-size card that includes the youth's important medical information. The RN will help the youth create a MyHealth Passport online, and print out the card for them. The same educational intervention will be completed by cardiology nurse using a MyHealth Passport to track their medical information instead of the electronic "Just TRAC It!"

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew S Mackie, MD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-17
Primary Completion
2020-12-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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