Mobile Technology and Data Analytics to Identify Real-time Predictors of Caregiver Well-Being

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caregivers

Treatments: Behavioral: Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI); Behavioral: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04556591

HUM00184455

UL1TR002240 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether personalized messages from an easy-to-use mobile app improve mood and stress among care partners and to see if care partners like using the app.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Care Partner Inclusion Criteria:

• Provide emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to an individual with spinal cord injury (SCI), Huntington's Disease (HD), or hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)
• Have access to necessary resources for participating in a technology-based intervention (smartphone/tablet and internet access) and be willing to use their personal equipment/internet for this study, including downloading the study app and the Fitbit® app on their mobile device
• Care partners of persons with HD: Be caring for an adult (18 years or older) with a clinical diagnosis of HD
• Care partners of persons with SCI: Be caring for an adult (18 years or older) that is ≥1 post-injury and sustained a medically documented SCI at age 16 or older
• Care partners of persons with HCT: Be caring for an adult (18 years or older) who is receiving, has received or is scheduled to receive HCT

Exclusion Criteria:

• Is a professional, paid caregiver (e.g., home health aide)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will wear the Fitbit® and provide daily reports of health related quality of life (HRQOL) over a three-month (90 day) period (without the personalized feedback).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control

Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will wear the Fitbit®, provide daily reports of health related quality of life (HRQOL) and receive personalized pushes over a three-month (90 day) period.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI)