Bone Marrow Transplantation
Conditions
Keywords
Bone Marrow Transplantation, Mobile Health, Symptom Management, Physical Activity
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of an apple watch-based application to promote physical activity among bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients.
Detailed description
The research objective is to test the feasibility of using an Apple Watch-based system with the capacity to monitor BMT patients' physical activity and other patient reported outcomes at an ongoing basis within the inpatient BMT setting at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (UKMCC). The central hypothesis in this project is that the Apple Watch-based system designed based on user-centered design principles and the proposed study method will yield high feasibility.
Interventions
DEVICEBMT Physical Activity app
This app sends reminders to patients, collect activity data from Apple Watch, and allow patients to submit symptoms.
OTHERWatch Only
A locked Apple Watch will be used to collect physical activity data from the Watch Only patients.
Sponsors
Ming-Yuan Chih
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
In this study, we conduct a small randomized controlled trial to study the feasibility of an Apple Watch app developed to monitor bone marrow transplant patients' physical activities at their initial hospitalization.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Design Phase: Post 100 days BMT patients, family caregivers and providers * Trial Phase: New BMT patients
Exclusion criteria
* under 18 years old; * can't communicate, read or write in English; * having any communicable infection or showing the signs of it, including coughing, fever, or rash; * and incapable of completing the assigned research activities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility - Recruitment | The day of recruitment | Recruitment rate: the percentage of eligible patients who are enrolled |
| Feasibility - Study completion | From enrollment to 30 day post transplant or at hospital discharge | Study completion rate - The percentage of enrolled patients who completed the study |
| Feasibility - Usability | 30 day post transplant or at hospital discharge | A survey scale (User version - Mobile Application Rating Scale or uMARS) will be used to measure usability. uMARS scale score is calculated by averaging the likert scale answers, which range from 0 to 5. The uMARS score of 3.5 or higher is deemed to be acceptable usability. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Activity | 30 days post intervention or at hospital discharge | Steps |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed