Consumer Access to Personal Health Information for Asthma Self-Management

N/ACompletedNCT01964469

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's344 enrolled

Overview

This study is to compare Smart phone mobile device and/or web based application asthma action plan to the standard of care paper based asthma action plan within an asthma program. The Primary hypothesis: Health Outcome - The Breathe mobile health and web-based application improves asthma related quality of life more than conventional best practice

This study is a multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a web-based (Smart phone mobile device, tablet and/or personal computer PC) asthma action plan application to best practice/usual care within an asthma program. A third external comparator arm will compare participants to all patients with asthma in Ontario using data obtained from the Ontario Asthma Surveillance Information System (OASIS) cohort, created from administrative data sets within the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Subjects will be randomly assigned in blocks of four, stratified by site to, in a ratio of 1:1 intervention or control arms. The study will enrol approximately 400 patients in total at all study sites.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

344

Conditions

Asthma

Interventions

mobile & web-based action planBEHAVIORAL

Evidence-based best practice primary care asthma program including asthma self-management education replacing the written self-management action plan with the Breathe mobile health and web-based application

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of asthma * Age 18 of age or older * Familiar with web technology * Provide consent * Understand/read/write English Exclusion Criteria: \- Indication of other chronic lung diseases in the opinion of the physician that would impact their ability to participate in the trial or affect quality of life (Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis)

Locations (8)

Amherstburg FHT

Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

Chatham-Kent FHT

Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Harrow FHT

Harrow, Ontario, Canada

Kingston Hospital Asthma Clinic

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Health Outcome - Quality of Life

Health Outcome - The Breathe mobile health and web-based application improves asthma related quality of life more than conventional best practice.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Quality - Health Care Utilization

Appropriateness of Care - Individuals with asthma who use the intervention will experience a decrease in the number of unplanned health system encounters

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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