HealthyMe

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  HealthyMe – Personal Health Platform and Data Creation Model

• IRAS ID

  246276

• Contact name

  Jo-Anne Robertson

• Contact email

  resgov@accord.scot

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Edinburgh

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 7 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  E-health technology is increasingly being used in the NHS. This is especially so in patient self-management of long-term conditions. There is increasing focus in the development of apps to support patient self-management of long-term conditions which, as well as recording symptoms and physiological measures, could give advice to patients. Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for stroke and ischaemic heart disease and is thought to contribute to over 7 million premature deaths each year.
  This study will, through semi-structured interviews, look to obtain the views of patients living with hypertension and clinicians who treat them about the type of features an app to help in self-management should contain and look like. We want to know from people living with hypertension (a) what it is like to live with the condition; (b) the value and trust they would place in such an app; and what type of information they would want from it and how often.
  We would also want to ask clinicians working with hypertension patients about (a) the type of information they would want to see; (b) how such information could be presented and how often and; (c) seek their opinions on the type of self-management advice that an app should provide.
  After gathering this information we would design a demo version of a proposed app and go back to the hypertension patients and clinicians to get their views on how it works and any changes they would propose. This would involve 15-20 patients and 15-20 clinicians. Based on our interview findings we would conduct a questionnaire survey of 300 hypertension patients across Lothian. The study would last 10 months.

• REC name

  London - City & East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/LO/0976

• Date of REC Opinion

  22 Jun 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion