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Using Patient-Centered Guidelines in a Technology Platform to Improve Health Care in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

NCT03629678 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 67

Last updated 2025-01-14

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Summary

SCD is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin that affects over 100,000 Americans, most of whom live in low-resourced neighborhoods. Acute SCD complications result in 230,000 emergency department visits and $1.5 billion annually in acute-care expenditures. Prior research indicates that increased disease-specific knowledge correlates with improved clinical outcomes in SCD. Thus, targeting strategies to improve disease-specific knowledge is a high priority in the care of individuals with SCD. Significant evidence describes how educational materials, including online educational programs, can be used to increase disease-specific knowledge. In this study, the investigators will evaluate a mobile phone technology intervention based on the prior evidence that technologies can improve SCD-specific knowledge.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

mobile health application

The user-driven technological tool will include an mHealth mobile phone application. Features of the application will be based on preliminary work from the investigators' sites. The mobile app will include fully searchable provider-facing and patient-facing interfaces with the SCD-specific guidelines. The provider-facing interface, designed to be used by providers, will be separated by patient's age to accommodate pediatric and adult providers. The patient-facing interface will display the guidelines that are age- and health literacy-appropriate. Through the mobile app, the investigators will reinforce important points of guideline content; motivate patient engagement through quizzes and text-message reminders; and facilitate peer support, for instance by forming teams to compete against each other to attain goals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-01
Primary Completion
2023-07-01
Completion
2023-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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