MHealth Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Patients' Quality of Life and Self-care Practices

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: My Journey with MS application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06769763

MD-204-2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an Arabic mobile application for multiple sclerosis patients will improve self-care practice and the quality of life of patients or not. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does the Arabic mobile application for MS patients will improve their self-care and quality of life?

Participants will:

Use the developed application or usual care without using the application for 3 months Be followed up during the 12 week period and asked to follow the instructions in the application

Full description

This study aims to build and test a culturally appropriate mobile application in Arabic for MS (multiple sclerosis) patients in Egypt. It will focus on self-care practices and quality of life enhancement via educational material provision, symptom tracking as well as medication adherence reminders among other possible functions depending on user preferences. The study shall evaluate how effective the developed app is in promoting self-care practices and improving the quality of life for MS patients compared to a control group who do not use the app.

Enrollment: 74 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed clinically with multiple sclerosis.
• From 18 to 50 years old (adult).
• With smartphones.
• Willing to participate in the study and use the mobile application.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are bedridden or in a wheelchair
• Illiterate patients.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

App users

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm is the interventional group who will use the application for 3 months

Treatment:

Other: My Journey with MS application

Control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm will not use the application during the period of follow-up.