Preparing to deliver a stepped wedge cluster-randomised trial to test the effectiveness of daily symptom tracking integrated into electronic health records for managing rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed-methods feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to assess the feasibility of a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial testing the effectiveness of a complex mHealth intervention called REMORA: a co-designed smartphone app enabling daily, weekly and monthly symptom tracking integrated into electronic health records for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

We conducted a mixed-methods feasibility trial using a convergent approach with some explanatory sequential elements. Patients were eligible to take part if they were older than ≥18 years of age, had (suspected) RA or undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis, and consented to take part from two outpatient departments. We analysed quantitative app and electronic health record data descriptively. We analysed qualitative data from interviews and

SUBMITTER: Druce KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834673 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature