Hand surgery Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
We will perform a mixed-methods pilot study of the PEM EMCAT platform. This will involve 40 participants engaging with the EMCAT app on their smartphones over a 12 week period. Following this, semi-st
Sponsors
University of Oxford
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participant aged over 18 years and undergoing treatment for recent hand trauma or thumb-base osteoarthritis (OA) 2. Able to provide informed consent 3. Able to download and use the EMCAT app onto a personal smartphone
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The participant may not enter the study if they have any communicative or cognitive barrier that would prevent them from engaging in the interview process
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Response rates to EMCAT notifications across different scheduling regimes, measured using the app over 12 weeks 2. Attrition rate, recorded as the number of participants who consent to participate that remain in the study until the end of follow up at 12 weeks, across different scheduling regimes | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. User engagement, as measured by the User Engagement Scale at 12 weeks 2. Agreement of EMCAT scores and full-length PEM scores over 12 weeks 3. Number of items administered and standard error of measurement in each assessment, over 12 weeks 4. Explored using semi-structured interviews: 4.1 The perceived value of the EMCAT as a data-capture platform 4.2 The acceptability of EMCAT 4.3 The perceived burden of EMCAT 4.4 Facilitators and barriers to using EMCAT 4.5 Areas for improvement within the EMCAT platform 4.6 The potential for EMCAT’s use in remote monitoring and clinical decision support | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed