Use of Smartphone Health Applications Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years Recruited in Primary Care in Grenoble Area

Mobile Health Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Use of Smartphone Health Applications Among Patients Aged 18 to 69 Years Recruited in Primary Care in Grenoble Area

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03351491
• Other study ID #: 2017-A01647-46
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 30, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 14, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: University Grenoble Alps
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the frequency of use of smartphone health applications among people consulting in primary care in the Grenoble region, France.

This is a descriptive study using a questionnaire completed by the patient and distributed by general practitioners. The study also collects the type of used application as well as the rhythm of usage, and compares the use of mobile health applications according to the sociodemographic, geographical and medical characteristics of the studied population.

Description:

Smartphones are more and more present and change many aspects of people's life, especially in the field of health. The appearance of numerous mobile health applications over the past years explains this strong attractiveness.

According to some studies, these could lead to savings in health care systems by promoting a preventive approach and refocusing cares on the patient who would be more independent. However, not much data on the use of smartphone health applications by patients are reported in the scientific literature.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the frequency of use of smartphone mobile health applications among primary care patients aged 18 to 69 in the Grenoble region, France.

The secondary objectives are the collection of the kind of application used, the rhythm of usage of these health applications and the comparison of the frequency of use with the sociodemographic, geographical and medical characteristics of the studied population.

To this end, the investigators use a questionnaire distributed by voluntary general practitioners and filled by patients. The number of subjects to be included is 385 and the number of distributed questionnaires is 1500.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 597
• Est. completion date: January 14, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 7, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 69 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged among 18 to 69 years old who consults a general practitioner regardless of the reason for consultation

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients aged 17 and less and patients aged 70 years and over.

• Patients not owning a mobile phone and / or smartphone for own

• Patients deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision or subject to a legal protection measure

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mobile Applications
• Mobile Health

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Dr Ronflet	Chabons
France	Centre de santé de l'abbaye	Grenoble
France	Dr CROS	Grenoble
France	Dr Grasset	Grenoble
France	Dr Riehl	La Côte-Saint-André
France	Dr Fuentes	Meylan
France	Maison médicale Moirans	Moirans
France	Dr PARADIS	Montmelian
France	Dr Chatellard	Saint-Martin-d'Hères
France	Dr Moulis	Saint-Martin-d'Hères
France	Maison médicale Saint Martin d'Hères	Saint-Martin-d'Hères
France	Maison Médicale de Tullins	Tullins
France	Dr Bichon	Villard de Lans

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Grenoble Alps

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Use of at least one mobile health application on a smartphone	Use of at least one mobile health application on a smartphone since the first use of a smartphone.	month 1
Secondary	Socio-demographic characteristics	Age (years) Sex (F/M) socio-professional group	month 1
Secondary	Geographical characteristics	Postcode	month 1
Secondary	Names of applications used by the patient	The patient name the applications which he used. In order to help him/her , there are some examples of kind of applications.	month 1
Secondary	Origin of the awareness of the existence of the mobile health application used.	How the patient became aware of the existence of used application: general practitioners, other doctors, other health professionals, media, social circle	month 1
Secondary	Number of drugs on the prescription	number of drugs on the prescription.	month 1
Secondary	Illness requiring treatment for more than a year	Diabetes, malignant tumor, psychiatric condition, cardiac diseases, rheumatological diseases, pulmonary diseases, chronic renal failure, other	month 1