NCT05061810

The Effect of a Smartphone Application Self-management Programme on Clinical Health Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

The Effect of a Smartphone Application Self-management Programme on Clinical Health Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomised Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Dublin, Trinity College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has a significant impact on one's quality and quantity of life resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. In Ireland, COPD has the highest hospital admissions in comparison to other countries within the organisation for economic cooperation and development (OECD). There is a need to improve knowledge and self-management behaviour in order to improve recognition of early signs of an exacerbation thereby seeking early treatment from the general practitioner (GP) thus reducing hospital admissions among this cohort . There are limited studies pertaining to the use of a comprehensive self-management programme via a smartphone app for people with COPD on a longitudinal basis.The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a smartphone application self-management programme on clinical health outcomes in patients with COPD.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Smartphone application self-management programme	The intervention in this trial is a self-management programme via a smartphone app. This self-management programme measures lung function (FEV1), oxygen saturation (SP02), dyspnoea score (m MRC) and step count. It also provides educational videos such as recognising symptoms of an exacerbation and physical activity. The smartphone app self-management programme will provide real time data monitoring resulting in baseline trends in patient's disease pattern. Additionally, it also provides subjective data that will allow the clinician to develop an understanding of the patient's quality of life.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-13
• Primary completion: 2023-02-28
• Completion: 2023-02-28
• First posted: 2021-09-30
• Last updated: 2023-05-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ireland