Feasibility of a Mobile Application to Support Reflection and Dialog About Strengths in People With Chronic Illness

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Disease; Rheumatic Diseases

Treatments: Device: Mobile application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03437863

2015065

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-management of chronic illness can be highly demanding and people need to mobilize their personal strengths in order to live well with their condition. A mobile application was designed in collaboration with people with chronic illness and health care providers with the aims to support awareness of patients' strengths and patient-provider dialogues that include strengths. The aim of the present study is to evaluate with mixed methods the perceived usefulness and usability of the application and potential effects of the application on patients.

Full description

In this pre-post design pilot study participants will be recruited from self-management courses for people with rheumatic diseases. Before using the application participants will be asked to report their strengths in a written format. After using the mobile application to reflect on their strengths the participants will be interviewed about their experience of using the application and on the task of reflecting on their strengths. They will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire on perceived usefulness and user-friendliness. Before and after using the application the participants fill out questionnaires on emotions (Positive and Negative Affective Scale) and self-efficacy (The Arthritis Self-efficacy Scale). All interviews will be audio-taped and analyzed with a qualitative approach. Descriptive analysis will be applied for quantitative data.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Setting 1:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age of 18 years or older
• Can read and speak Norwegian language
• Diagnosed with a chronic condition
• Participating or having recently participated in a learning and mastery or an outpatient rehabilitation program

No exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Device Feasibility

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Mobile application

Experimental group

Description:

Participants recruited from a self-management course are asked to use (single time) a mobile application to support reflection of personal strengths. The participant borrows an Ipad and uses the application to 1) reflect and identify their strengths by reviewing a list of examples, 2) define personal goals, and 3) link strengths to goals.

Treatment:

Device: Mobile application