scholarly journals Use and Appreciation of a Tailored Self-Management eHealth Intervention for Early Cancer Survivors: Process Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. e229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Maria Kanera ◽  
Roy A Willems ◽  
Catherine A W Bolman ◽  
Ilse Mesters ◽  
Victor Zambon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Early Cancer ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Ehealth Intervention

scholarly journals A Mobile- and Web-Based Health Intervention Program for Diabetes and Prediabetes Self-Management (BetaMe/Melon): Process Evaluation Following a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Signal ◽  
Melissa McLeod ◽  
James Stanley ◽  
Jeannine Stairmand ◽  
Nitin Sukumaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Core Program

BACKGROUND Technology-assisted self-management programs are increasingly recommended to patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes. However, there are a number of personal and external factors that affect patients’ abilities to engage with and effectively utilize such programs. A randomized controlled trial of a multi-modal online program for diabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon) was conducted in a primary care setting, and a process evaluation was completed at the end of the study period. OBJECTIVE This process evaluation aimed to examine the utilization patterns of BetaMe/Melon, identify which components participants found most (and least) useful, and identify areas of future improvement. METHODS Process evaluation data were collected for intervention arm participants from 3 sources: (1) the mobile/web platform (to identify key usage patterns over the 16-week core program), (2) an online questionnaire completed during the final study assessment, and (3) interviews conducted with a subset of participants following the study period. Participants were classified as “actively engaged” if any usage data was recorded for the participant (in any week), and patterns were reported by age, gender, ethnicity, and diabetes/prediabetes status. The online questionnaire asked participants about the usefulness of the program and whether they would recommend BetaMe/Melon to others according to a 5-point Likert Scale. Of 23 invited participants, 18 participated in a digitally recorded, semistructured telephone interview. Interview data were thematically analyzed. RESULTS Out of the 215 participants, 198 (92%) received an initial health coaching session, and 160 (74%) were actively engaged with the program at some point during the 16-week core program. Engagement varied by demographic, with women, younger participants, and ethnic majority populations having higher rates of engagement. Usage steadily declined from 50% at Week 0 to 23% at Week 15. Participants ranked component usefulness as education resources (63.7%), health coaches (59.2%), goal tracking (48.8%), and online peer support (42.1%). Although 53% agreed that the program was easy to use, 64% would recommend the program to others. Interview participants found BetaMe/Melon useful overall, with most identifying beneficial outcomes such as increased knowledge, behavioral changes, and weight loss. Barriers to engagement were program functionality, internet connectivity, incomplete delivery of all program components, and participant motivation. Participants suggested a range of improvements to the BetaMe/Melon program. CONCLUSIONS The program was generally well received by participants; active engagement was initially high, although it declined steadily. Maintaining participant engagement over time, individualizing programs, and addressing technical barriers are important to maximize potential health benefits from online diabetes self-management programs. CLINICALTRIAL Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN12617000549325; https://tinyurl.com/y622b27q

scholarly journals Process Evaluation of an eHealth Intervention (Food4toddlers) to Improve Toddlers' Diet: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margrethe Røed ◽  
Frøydis Nordgård Vik ◽  
Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund ◽  
Wendy Van Lippevelde ◽  
Anine Christine Medin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
University Education ◽  
Family Composition ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Management Platform ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Ehealth Intervention

BACKGROUND Parents seek trustworthy information online to promote healthy eating for their toddlers. Such information must be perceived as relevant and easy to implement and use. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to conduct a process evaluation of the electronic health (eHealth) intervention (Food4toddlers) targeting food environment, parental feeding practices, and toddlers’ diet and to examine possible differences in these areas according to education and family composition. METHODS A 2-armed randomized controlled trial, including 298 parent–toddler dyads from Norway, was conducted in 2017. In total, 148 parents in the intervention group received access to an intervention website for 6 months. Data on website usage were retrieved from the learning management platform used (NEO). Participants’ satisfaction with the intervention was asked for in a postintervention questionnaire. Chi-square and <i>t</i> tests were used to examine differences in usage and satisfaction between education and family composition groups. RESULTS Most participants were mothers (144/148, 97.2%), lived in two-adult households (148/148, 100%), and were born in Norway (132/148, 89.1%). Mean parental age was 31.5 years (SD 4.2). More than 87.8% (129/147) had a university education degree and 56.5% (83/147) had over 4 years of university education. Most (128/148, 86.5%) intervention participants entered the website at least once (mean days of access 7.4 [SD 7.1]). Most parents reported the website as appropriate to the child’s age (71/83, 86%) and self-explanatory (79/83, 95%) and appreciated the interface (52/83, 63%) and layout (46/83, 55%). In total, 61% (51/83) stated that they learned something new from the intervention. Parents with over 4 years of university education and in 1-child households used the intervention website more than those with 4 years or less of university education (8.4 vs 5.9 days in total, <i>P</i>=.04) and households with more than 1 child (8.3 vs 5.8 days in total, <i>P</i>=.04), respectively. CONCLUSIONS The Food4toddlers intervention website was found to be relevant by most participants in the intervention group, although usage of the website differed according to educational level and family composition. For eHealth interventions to be effective, intervention materials such as websites must be used by the target group. Our results highlight the need to include users from different groups when developing interventions. CLINICALTRIAL ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN92980420; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN92980420

scholarly journals App-Delivered Self-Management Intervention Trial selfBACK for People With Low Back Pain: Protocol for Implementation and Process Evaluation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen ◽  
Malene Jagd Svendsen ◽  
Karen Wood ◽  
Barbara I Nicholl ◽  
Frances S Mair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Randomized Controlled

BACKGROUND Implementation and process evaluation is vital for understanding how interventions function in different settings, including if and why interventions have different effects or do not work at all. OBJECTIVE This paper presents the protocol for an implementation and process evaluation embedded in a multicenter randomized controlled trial conducted in Denmark and Norway (the selfBACK project). selfBACK is a data-driven decision support system that provides participants with weekly self-management plans for low back pain. These plans are delivered through a smartphone app and tailored to individual participants by using case-based reasoning methodology. In the trial, we compare selfBACK in addition to usual care with usual care alone. METHODS The aim of this study is to conduct a convergent mixed-methods implementation and process evaluation of the selfBACK app by following the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance framework. We will evaluate the process of implementing selfBACK and investigate how participants use the intervention in daily life. The evaluation will also cover the reach of the intervention, health care provider willingness to adopt it, and participant satisfaction with the intervention. We will gather quantitative measures by questionnaires and measures of data analytics on app use and perform a qualitative exploration of the implementation using semistructured interviews theoretically informed by normalization process theory. Data collection will be conducted between March 2019 and October 2020. RESULTS The trial opened for recruitment in February 2019. This mixed-methods implementation and evaluation study is embedded in the randomized controlled trial and will be collecting data from March 2019 to October 2020; dissemination of trial results is planned thereafter. The results from the process evaluation are expected 2021-2022. CONCLUSIONS This study will provide a detailed understanding of how self-management of low back pain can be improved and how a digital health intervention can be used as an add-on to usual care to support patients to self-manage their low back pain. We will provide knowledge that can be used to explore the possibilities of extending the generic components of the selfBACK system and key drivers that could be of use in other conditions and diseases where self-management is an essential prevention or treatment strategy. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03798288; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03798288 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/20308

Self-management in prostate cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial.

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5011-5011
Author(s):  
Ted A. Skolarus ◽  
Tabitha Metreger ◽  
Hyungjin Kim ◽  
Robert L. Grubb ◽  
Jeffrey R. Gingrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Prostate Cancer Survivors ◽  
Randomized Controlled
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