NCT02987569

Teen and Young Adult Connections for Support From Multidisciplinary Professionals & Peers

Teen Connections for Support From Multidisciplinary Professionals & Peers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

12 month study testing mobile delivery of health information and connections to professionals and peers to improve health of teen/young adult HPN users.

Detailed description

This research study will test the effect of in-home/mobile HPN support delivered to teen and young adult home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients and family members over handheld personal computers. Effects on health status, QoL, and fatigue will be assessed over time between groups of study subjects from the ages of 13 through 30 randomized to one of two groups. Group One (intervention group) will receive mConnect, integrated evidence-based interventions (skill-building games, restorative naps \& peer support) via mobile iPad and Internet delivery plus two real-time audiovisual encrypted connections with multidisciplinary professionals and peers. Group Two (control group) will receive healthy activity information via mobile iPad and Internet delivery plus one real-time audiovisual encrypted connection with professionals and peers.

Conditions

• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Malabsorption
• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	mConnect plus mobile connections to multidisciplinary professionals & peers	mConnect is the integration of evidence-based HPN interventions delivered via professionally moderated iPad visual meetings with peers, and reinforced by HPN related skill-building games (apps) and iPad music guided short naps.
BEHAVIORAL	iPad use plus one mobile connections to multidisciplinary professionals & peers	iPad with a data plan and one professionally moderated iPad visual meeting with peers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-06-01
• First posted: 2016-12-09
• Last updated: 2020-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States