ATOMIC Mobile App to Increase Physical Activity (PA) Levels in Survivors of Childhood Cancer

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT05792566

Connecticut Children's Medical Center35 enrolled

Overview

Development and Usability Testing of the ATOMIC Mobile App to Increase Physical Activity (PA) Levels in Children, Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer

The purpose of this program of research is to (1) determine the adaptations required of a pre-existing mobile fitness app to tailor it for childhood cancer survivors using a behavioral theory driven approach (Social Cognitive Theory) and (2) develop and evaluate the usability of the adapted mobile app using the Technology Assessment Model. The Technology Assessment Model (TAM), which theorizes the individuals' intentions to use information technology, is based on two driving factors: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Future studies will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of this app.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pediatric Cancer

Interventions

Atomic appOTHER

Using the Atomic app to improve physical activity

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 30 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children, adolescent and young adults (AYA) ages 10 to 30 years * diagnosis with a pediatric cancer diagnosis that requires the treatment of anthracycline therapy * Able to speak English fluently (App currently only in English at this time) Exclusion Criteria: * Pediatric cancer survivors who will not be treated with anthracycline therapy * Unable to cooperate with interviewing * Unable to understand the content of interviews * Non-English speaking

Locations (1)

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Ease of use and user errors will be documented for each individual during usability testing, by completing several tasks while navigating the mobile app platform

The interviewers will record how well the participants are able to navigate the task by recording either "easy to find", "with prompting", or "unable to complete", representing completing the task completely on their own, with help from the interviewer, or unable to complete after prompting from the interviewer. The frequency of user errors will be calculated.

Time frame: 1 year

The Acceptability E-Scale is six-item tool that has been validated for assessing the usability, acceptability, and satisfaction of web based programs with statements ranked on a five point scale from very difficult to very easy

Acceptability of a program has been proposed to be represented by obtaining a score of 24 or more.81 Good internal consistency (alpha = 0.76) as well as good initial validity has been reported. The acceptability E-scale will be administered at the completion of the "in laboratory" testing and "real-life" usability testing.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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