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Children, OnlyNCT05513235

Feasibility Study of a Mobile Digital Personal Health Record for Family-Centered Care Coordination for Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs

A study testing Digital personal health record in people with Children, Only and Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs, run by Duke University at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

A Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-enabled digital personal health record mobile app has the potential to enhance care coordination for families of children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN) and to inform improvements in family-centered care coordination that will be highly impactful… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Digital personal health record
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
21 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
6 Oct 2022to 15 Nov 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Adult parent/legal guardian (age 18 or older) who is a primary caregiver for a CYSHCN aged 0-16 years
  • Established care for their child/youth at a participating Duke Pediatrics Primary Care clinic: North Durham, South Durham,Brier Creek or Duke Med-Peds Primary Care sites (established = one or more completed visits in the past 12 months at the clinic)
  • High level of complex medical needs that could benefit from additional care coordination support (determined by clinical provider at the participating clinic site)
  • Primary care provider enrolled in the study as a provider participant/clinical provider site champion
  • Active Duke MyChart (online EHR patient portal) account
  • Full proxy access activated/enabled for parent to the child/youth's medical record in Epic
  • Apple iOS device compatible with Caremap app requirements at time of consent

Who cannot join

  • Non-English speaking
  • Patients living in long-term, congregate settings - e.g., living in institutionalized settings such as long-term care facility, nursing/long-term rehab facilities
  • Child is a ward of the state
  • Lacks requisite technology to access and use mobile app (e.g., device/tablet/smartphone, home internet, active Epic MyChart account)
  • Lack of decision-making capacity (parent/caregiver or adult patient, clinician-determined)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705

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About this study

A Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-enabled digital personal health record mobile app has the potential to enhance care coordination for families of children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN) and to inform improvements in family-centered care coordination that will be highly impactful for populations of patients with complex health needs across the age spectrum.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a digital personal health record (PHR) mobile application integrated with electronic health records by FHIR data standards to enhance care coordination for families of CYSHCN. The study will enroll 40 families (adult parents/caregivers) of CYSHCN in pediatric primary care clinics to use the digital PHR mobile application as a tool for coordinating their child's care over a 6-month period. Using a single group, non-randomized study design and convergent mixed methods analyses, the study will: (a) determine the feasibility of FHIR-enabled integration of the mobile application with electronic health records for care coordination; (b) identify barriers and facilitators to implementation in real-world settings; and (c) examine associations between level of app adoption by families and family-reported outcome measures.

Read the detailed description

Coordinating complex care across multiple providers and services can be stressful and isolating for families of children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN); thus, better care coordination solutions are needed. Digital personal health records (PHRs) that allow families to securely access, manage, and share their child's health data across multiple information and electronic health record (EHR) systems are promising solutions. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-an application programming interface (API) standard that represents and exchanges health information-are central to digital PHRs being able to fulfill their promise. Despite their importance, FHIR technologies are not yet widely adopted. The researchers previously collaborated with Boston Children's Hospital on development of Caremap, a FHIR-enabled digital PHR mobile app that was co-designed with families and clinicians, to coordinate care for CYSHCN. Caremap has been positively reviewed by families in preliminary testing, and this followup research will implement and evaluate the Caremap mobile app in a real-world setting.

The specific aims of the study are as follows:

  1. Evaluate the feasibility of a digital PHR mobile application with FHIR-enabled EHR integration to coordinate care for CYSHCN.
  2. Identify barriers and facilitators of mobile app implementation via a mixed-methods evaluation.
  3. Explore associations between mobile app adoption by families and family-reported outcomes.

The study will enroll 40 families (adult parents/caregivers) of CYSHCN in pediatric primary care clinics to use the digital PHR mobile application as a tool for coordinating their child's care over a 6-month period. Using a mixed-methods design, researchers will evaluate quantitative feasibility data and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with families and providers and family stakeholder engagement panels to identify implementation barriers and facilitators. Using pre/post analyses of baseline and 6-month family-reported survey measures, they will explore associations between app adoption and family-reported outcomes.

If successful, the findings will support a future multisite, randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced care coordination with a digital PHR mobile app compared to usual care coordination. Due to similarities in needs between CYSHCN and adults with multiple chronic conditions, the study's findings will inform improvements in family-centered care coordination that will be highly impactful for complex populations across the age spectrum.

Being tested
Digital personal health record
Keywords
Care coordination, Digital health, Mobile application, Primary care

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Digital personal health recordOther

    The digital personal health record is a mobile application ('app') entitled Caremap. The mobile app will be downloaded and accessible by parents/caregivers to help coordinate care.

Study groups in NCT05513235
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InterventionExperimentalParents of eligible children and youth with special healthcare needs will use a digital personal record mobile application to coordinate care for six months.
Receives: Other: Digital personal health record

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Technical feasibility (FHIR data transfer EHR to app)

    Quantitative measurement of technical feasibility assessed by success rate of FHIR-enabled EHR data transfer to app

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  2. Technical feasibility (FHIR data transfer app to provider dashboard)

    Quantitative measurement of technical feasibility processes assessed by success rate of FHIR-enabled transfer of family-reported health insights from app to EHR provider dashboard

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  3. Implementation (feasibility)

    User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM), a 4-item scale that assesses whether a given method or condition can be successfully used in a specific setting. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses.

    Measured: End of study (6 months)

  4. Implementation (acceptability)

    User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), a 4-item scale that assesses whether a treatment or condition is satisfactory or agreeable to stakeholders. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses.

    Measured: End of study (6 months)

  5. Implementation (appropriateness)

    User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), a 4-item scale that assesses perceived compatibility or fit of a treatment or condition for a given setting or issue. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses.

    Measured: End of study (6 months)

  6. Change in parent/caregiver-reported degree of care integration, as measured by Pediatric Integrated Care Survey (PIC)

    Parent/caregiver report of experiences with care integration will be measured using the validated core 19-item PICS instrument. A composite score is calculated separately for each of the 5 survey constructs: access, communication, family impact, care goal creation, and team functioning.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months

  7. Change in health-related quality of life (HR-QOL)

    Parent/caregiver report of child's health-related QOL using the 9-item PROMIS Global 7+2 HR-QOL instrument, as well as a 2-item instrument assessing parent/caregiver perspectives on the impact of the child's conditions on their own and the parent/caregiver's usual activities and routines

    Measured: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

  8. Change in usability, as measured by the System Usability Scale (SUS) (provider)

    Provider report of experience and usability of the mobile app's provider dashboard using the 10-item SUS. This scale assesses participants' views of the usability of the app using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Baseline version assesses their views on how usable they think the app will be, while the post version assesses their views on how usable the app actually was.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months

  9. Net promoter score (NPS) (provider)

    Provider-reported degree to which they would recommend the mobile app for use by others. NPS is a single item that measures the loyalty of customers to a company. NPS scores are measured with a single-question survey and reported with a number from the range -100 to +100, a higher score is desirable.

    Measured: End of study (6 months)

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Change in usability, as measured by the System Usability Scale (SUS) (parent/caregiver)

    Parent/caregiver report of experience and usability of the mobile app using the 10-item SUS. This scale assesses participants' views of the usability of the app using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Baseline version assesses their views on how usable they think the app will be, while the post version assesses their views on how usable the app actually was.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months

  2. Change in caregiver strain, as measured by the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (Short Form 7; CGSQ-SF7)

    Parent/caregiver report of degree of strain experienced as a result of their child's health with responses on a 5-point scale (1=not a problem at all; 5=very much a problem).

    Measured: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

  3. Change in confidence in avoiding hospitalization

    Parent/caregiver-reported confidence in ability to avoid unplanned hospitalization in the next one month

    Measured: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

  4. Net promoter score (NPS) (parent/caregiver)

    Parent/caregiver-reported degree to which they would recommend the mobile app for use by others. NPS is a single item that measures the loyalty of customers to a company. NPS scores are measured with a single-question survey and reported with a number from the range -100 to +100, a higher score is desirable.

    Measured: End of study (6 months)

  5. Change in global health status

    Parent/caregiver report of their child's overall health status on a single item: 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) numeric rating scale.

    Measured: Weekly, up to 6 months

  6. Adoption (family engagement)

    Quantitative measurement of family engagement with the app, assessed by weekly app log-ins by families.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  7. Adoption (provider engagement)

    Quantitative measurement of provider engagement, assessed by count of views of EHR provider dashboard.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  8. Adoption (app prescriptions)

    Quantitative measurement of prescription of the app to patients, assessed by count of times mobile app prescribed by provider for use.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 Aug 2022
  2. Study start6 Oct 2022
  3. Primary completion30 Sep 2024
  4. Study completion15 Nov 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
Non-randomized single group feasibility study design
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05513235
Sponsor's protocol ID
Pro00109514
Other IDs
R21HS028699
Status last verified
Nov 2024
First submitted
18 Aug 2022
Last updated
19 Nov 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Ming DY, Wong W, Jones KA, Antonelli RC, Gujral N, Gonzales S, Rogers U, Ratliff W, Shah N, King HA. Feasibility of Implementation of a Mobile Digital Personal Health Record to Coordinate Care for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Sep 20;12:e46847. doi: 10.2196/46847.

    PubMed 37728977

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Digital personal health record in people with Children, Only and Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs, run by Duke University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Nov 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Technical feasibility (FHIR data transfer EHR to app) (time frame: Up to 6 months). The study lists 9 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05513235, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Nov 2024.

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