COPD Pal Phase 2: Pilot Study - V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
COPD Pal Phase 2: Assessing the uptake, engagement, and safety of a self-management app for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A pilot expediency study in a real-world setting.
IRAS ID
235302
Contact name
Rachel Gemine
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 3 days
Research summary
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a widespread condition that accounts for 3 million deaths worldwide annually. In the UK, the condition costs the NHS over £500 million. However, despite people with COPD being extensive healthcare users, they only spend approximately 1% of their time with a healthcare professional. The rest of the time, people with COPD need to self-manage their condition, which includes exercising, taking medication, and being aware of their symptoms. To encourage better self-management, Bond Digital Health have created a mobile phone app called COPD Pal that helps people with COPD keep track of their condition.
We have designed this study to enable us to investigate the uptake, engagement, and safety of this app, in addition to help design larger, future studies. We aim to recruit 30-50 people with COPD and prescribe them COPD Pal over 6 weeks to answer the research question. A questionnaire measuring self-management will be used at baseline and at follow-up, in addition to us collecting hospital data to assess the safety of the app. Lastly, participants will be asked to complete a feedback form giving us valuable data on how they experienced the app. Averages will be calculated and visually displayed for the quantitative measures in addition to a thematic analyses conducted on the free-text boxes of the feedback form.
A final report will be provided to research participants, the creators of COPD Pal, and the funders of the project.REC name
Wales REC 4
REC reference
19/WA/0347
Date of REC Opinion
10 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion