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My Health Guide: A trial of a tablet app to support people with learning disabilities

My Health Guide – A non-randomised trial of a tablet application designed to support people with learning disabilities

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN14890704
Enrollment
200
Registered
2016-11-18
Start date
2016-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-11-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Learning disorders

Interventions

An overall sample size of 200 My Health Guide users is planned. Participants will be provided with access to the app following consent. After using the app for approximately 3 months, follow-up data w

Sponsors

Maldaba Limited
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged over 18 2. People with learning disabilities who use the care planning process or who have a care plan in place 3. People with learning disabilities who are supported by named carers who implement the care planning process on their behalf, and who are not able to use My Health Guide themselves 4. People with learning disabilities living in settled accommodation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Under the age of 18 2. Not providing consent to participate (or their consultee has not agreed to this) 3. People are not living in settled accommodation (this is due to concerns that the provision of the tablet in this context may increase their vulnerability)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
All outcome measures have been designed specifically for this study; no standard outcome measures are used and all are classed as primary outcomes. 1. Experience of using the My Health Guide app is measured using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, case studies and focus groups in the participants’ place of residence, or in some cases their place of work 2. Usage of the app is measured using the backend usage data automatically collected remotely by the software provider

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
No secondary outcome measures

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactPatricia Bailey
trish.bailey1@nhs.net+44 1482 336775

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026