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Therapeutic Education Using an Internet Application in Hereditary Ichthyosis

Evaluation of the Feasibility and Effect of Therapeutic Education Sessions Using an Internet Application in Hereditary Ichthyosis

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03641261
Acronym
e-ETPichtyose
Enrollment
42
Registered
2018-08-21
Start date
2018-10-29
Completion date
2023-02-21
Last updated
2024-04-12

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Conditions

Ichthyosis

Keywords

Hereditary ichthyosis

Brief summary

The main purpose is to evaluate the feasibility (global use) of a therapeutic patient education program using a specific web application in patients with hereditary ichthyosis.

Interventions

OTHERTherapeutic patient education program

WebIchtyose is a specific therapeutic patient education program for patients with hereditary Ichthyosis targeting the problems of each patient by means of a personalized follow-up and a constant interaction between the patient and the educational team

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with hereditary ichthyosis, according to the classification established during the 2009 consensus conference * Who has given his informed consent form * Who is affiliated to a social security system

Exclusion criteria

* Patient who has already participated in a therapeutic patient education program for the hereditary ichthyosis * Unable to connect or use a computer tool * Impossibility to be present at the only face-to-face session * Patient who is not available for the collective educational session * Patient with little or no motivation to follow a therapeutic patient education program (motivation evaluated by the educational team by phone call before inclusion) * Patient not mastering the French language * Person under legal protection (guardianship, curators or safeguard of justice)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Global use6 monthspercentage of patients who have used the WebIchtyose application for at least 8 hours during 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Fractional use in each domain (continuous educational follow-up)6 monthsWebIchtyose application use time by the patient for the continuous educational follow-up
Fractional use in each domain (consultation)6 monthsWebIchtyose application use time by the patient for the consultation of the Frequently Asked Questions area and of patient information documents made available on the application
Fractional use in each domain (questionnaires)6 monthsWebIchtyose application use time by the patient for the filling of the questionnaires
Fractional use in each domain6 monthsWebIchtyose application use time by the patient for group and individual educational sessions, the continuous educational follow-up, the consultation of the Frequently Asked Questions area and of patient information documents made available on the application
Difficulty of individual application registrationBaselineDifficulty of registration questionnaire completed for each patient jointly by the patient and the educational team at the end of the face-to-face inclusion visit
Difficulties of use in everyday life by the patient6 monthsQuestionnaire completed for each patient jointly by the patient at the end of the program
Number of exchanges3 months and 5 monthsNumber of exchanges necessary between the educational team and the patient to set a date for the conduct of the individual educational sessions
Response time6 monthsResponse time of the educational team following a request from the patient as part of the educational follow-up
Number of relaunches2 months, 4 months and 6 monthsHow many times the nurse relaunches the patient to obtain the assessment questionnaires
Number of non-received questionnaires2 months, 4 months and 6 monthsNumber of non-received questionnaires after relaunch
Fractional use in each domain (educational sessions)6 monthsWebIchtyose application use time by the patient for group and individual educational sessions
Patient acceptability6 monthsAcceptability questionnaire to be completed by the patient
Educational team acceptability6 monthsAcceptability questionnaire to be completed by each member of the educational team
Attractiveness6 monthsApplication attractiveness questionnaire completed by the patient
Quality of life before and after treatmentInclusion, 6 months and 9 monthsQuality of life questionnaire for hereditary ichthyosis (IQoL-32)
Self-assessment of cutaneous severityInclusion and 6 monthsSelf-assessment of cutaneous severity according to an analogic visual scale for pain, pruritus, erythema, squama
Knowledge about disease and treatmentsInclusion and 6 monthsQuestionnaire of knowledge about disease and treatments
Self-care skillsInclusion and 6 monthsQuestionnaire of self-care skills
Self-esteemInclusion and 6 monthsQuestionnaire about self-esteem: Rosenberg scale. For each item of the questionnaire, the modality answers are : 1 (totally disagree), 2 (quite disagree), 3 (quite agree) and 4 (totally disagree). The total score (/ 40) is calculated by adding the scores obtained for each item.
Coping scaleInclusion and 6 monthsCoping with health injuries and problem (Endler 1998). For each item of the questionnaire, the modality answers are: 1 (not at all), 2 (a little), 3 (moderately), 4 (often) and 5 (a lot).The total score (/ 160) is calculated by adding the scores obtained for each item.
Number of lost to follow-up patients9 monthsNumber of lost to follow-up patients

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026