The overall objective of this proposal is to implement a smart phone application (app) + population management system to monitor rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity between scheduled physician office visits. The population management system includes: 1) a web-based dashboard that consolidates incoming patient-reported data using pre-programmed algorithms to identify increases in disease activity, and 2) the population manager, a trained individual who monitors the web-based dashboard and connects patients with their healthcare providers (HCPs). The investigators central hypothesis is that the combined smart phone app + population management system will improve patient satisfaction and management of RA disease activity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
190
A mobile health application that asks daily questions about participants' pain, function, and disease activity.
Study staff will act as care managers behind a web-based dashboard to monitor participants' responses to the daily questions on the mobile application and connect them with their HCPs.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM)
Time frame: 6 months
Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI)
Time frame: 6 months
Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions Questionnaire (PEPPI)
Time frame: 6 months
Patient Activity Scale-II (PAS-II)
Time frame: 6 months
Flare Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis (FLARE) questionnaire
Time frame: 6 months
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