Development of an app for collecting rheumatic disease information

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Developing and testing a smartphone application for collecting information about rheumatic disease severity for research studies

• IRAS ID

  161312

• Contact name

  William Dixon

• Contact email

  will.dixon@manchester.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Manchester

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 8 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  This project will explore patients attitudes to the development of research that examines the association between weather and arthritis, through the collection of self-reported symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis pain using mobile devices and Global Positioning System (GPS) linked to weather data and patients passive movement.

  In order to examine weather and pain severity in patients and develop a validated tool for data collection this project aims to 1) understand patients views and motivators for regular data collection, 2) co-design the user interface and 3) pilot data collection to understand the feasibility, usability and acceptability of a smartphone application.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Leicester South Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/EM/1209

• Date of REC Opinion

  21 Oct 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion