Evaluation of a Connected Interface to Improve the Quality of Life and the Disability of Patient With Rheumatic Diseases (RHUMATO-APP)

University Hospital Center (CHU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Device: use of an e-health application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05417477

RECHMPL21_0412

Details and patient eligibility

About

Musculoskeletal pathologies constitute a major public health problem. Rheumatologists, whether they practice in private or hospital settings, play a major role in the management of responsible for these ailments.

Due to the increase in life expectancy, an increase in the number of consultations can be expected. It is therefore imperative that the latter be more efficient, without losing quality.

Communication between doctor and patient is bound to evolve due to the multiplicity of IT tools available and those that are emerging, which are increasingly essential, including many smartphone applications. Each targeting a specific pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoporosis osteoarthritis, they will allow the patient to self-assess, thus becoming an actor in his own care.

A "facilitated" exchange between caregivers and patients would be relevant and would provide added value for all. This is the reason why there is a real need for an application listing precise information on the patient, in a sufficiently succinct way to optimize their transmission to the physiotherapist.

Full description

Musculoskeletal pathologies constitute a major public health problem. Rheumatologists, whether they practice in private or hospital settings, play a major role in the management of responsible for these ailments.

Due to the increase in life expectancy, an increase in the number of consultations can be expected. It is therefore imperative that the latter be more efficient, without losing quality.

Communication between doctor and patient is bound to evolve due to the multiplicity of IT tools available and those that are emerging, which are increasingly essential, including many smartphone applications. Each targeting a specific pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoporosis osteoarthritis, they will allow the patient to self-assess, thus becoming an actor in his own care.

A "facilitated" exchange between caregivers and patients would be relevant and would provide added value for all. This is the reason why there is a real need for an application listing precise information on the patient, in a sufficiently succinct way to optimize their transmission to the physiotherapist.

Our team has recently highlighted that monitoring rheumatoid arthritis in connected mode (smartphone + online interface for the physician + distancing interaction patient / caregiver) provided a benefit in terms of quality of life as well as on the medico-economics level compared to conventional monitoring, without affecting the control of rheumatoid arthritis activity. Telemedicine is positioned more than ever as an essential instrument for organizing the longitudinal monitoring of diseases, especially in a context of confinement, which implies limited access to physiotherapy sessions, even though these are essential for optimizing the management of many osteoarticular disorders. By promoting the use of a digital telemedicine tool in the follow-up of patients suffering from rheumatological pathologies in both private practice and hospitals, the Rhumato-App project aims to develop an ergonomic offline/online platform for patients/healthcare providers (e.g. rheumatologist, general practitioner, physiotherapist), accessible from a computer or a smartphone. This platform will improve the articulation of the patient's care pathway by feeding a secure medical file shared between caregivers.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 18 to 70 years
• Presence of a chronic inflammatory rheumatism (rheumatoid arthritis, axial and/or peripheral spondyloarthritis) or osteoarthritis disease requiring the initiation of at least 20 sessions of physical therapy
• Diagnostic confirmation left to the discretion of the investigating physician
• Accessibility of an internet network (compatible with smartphone and/or computer)
• Information and consent of the patient

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Patient refusing or unable to give consent: patient under guardianship or curator, mentally retarded, dementia, language barrier
• Patient not affiliated to a social security scheme
• Patient under legal protection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 1 patient group

chronic inflammatory rheumatism or osteoarthritis

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental intervention consists in providing the patient with access to a specific version of the application ''MedicApp'' for the duration of the study. The intervention will be limited for each patient to the entry of their data on the application at regular intervals during the study. The interface on the rheumatologist side will contain the demographic characteristics of the patient, his history, the treatments and the pathology requiring the use of physiotherapy Then, at regular intervals, the scores of the questionnaires addressed to the patient will be available on his interface. The interface, on the physiotherapist side, will contain the summary of the patient's clinical history, his treatments and the reason for the physiotherapy sessions. Then, at regular intervals, the physiotherapist will indicate the patient's locomotor assessment, the type of intervention performed and the final summary.

Treatment:

Device: use of an e-health application