Usability of the MeTime MS App

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fatigue Symptom; Multiple Sclerosis; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-guided smartphone application for relaxing acupressure; Behavioral: Self-guided smartphone application for stimulating acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07123272

K24AT012644 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HUM00268311

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Me Time MS Application was designed to enable self-administration of acupressure. Two forms of acupressure - either "relaxing" or "stimulating" protocols - are administered through the Me Time MS app.

The goal of this study is to assess the usability of the Me Time MS app in a sample of 10 adults with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MS diagnosis (all MS subtypes included)
• Age 18 years or older
• Average Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score ≥ 4 at screening coupled with the opinion of the volunteer that the fatigue has interfered with their daily activities for ≥ 3 months
• Presence of chronic pain defined as moderate to severe pain for ≥ 3-month duration that is ≥ 4 on average using a 0-10 numerical rating scale
• Home access to internet via Wi-Fi or cellular data
• Active email account

Exclusion criteria

• Not fluent in English
• Pregnancy or breast feeding, or anticipate pregnancy in next 6 months
• Inability to use smartphone/tablet and/or MeTime MS mobile app
• Anything at the discretion of the PI or study team that would preclude participation in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Relaxing Self-Acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Self-guided use of a smartphone app that informs users how to administer relaxing acupressure each day for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-guided smartphone application for relaxing acupressure

Stimulating Self-Acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Self-guided use of a smartphone app that informs users how to administer relaxing acupressure each day for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-guided smartphone application for stimulating acupressure