MyHealthPal App for Post-Surgery Wound Healing
This study is testing the MyHealthPal App, a digital platform designed to help doctors monitor surgical wounds remotely. The app allows patients to take photos of their wounds and answer questions about them, which helps predict the risk of infection. You can join if you are an adult (18 or older) who can understand the study and has a compatible smartphone. The study aims to see how well the app can capture wound images, how accurately it can assess wound healing, and how often patients use it. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 150 participants. You will choose whether to be in the group using the MyHealthPal App or a control group that does not use the app.
- What's involved
- If you are in the app group, you will download the app before surgery and then upload photos and answer questions about your wound daily or weekly for up to 16 weeks after surgery.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed from enrollment until the end of app usage, which is up to 16 weeks post-surgery.
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Post-Surgery Wound Healing Tracking With MyHealthPal App
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Olivia M Sutton, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Brigham and Women's Anesthesiology Department
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What this trial measures
- ImageabilityFrom enrollment to end of app usage at 16 weeks post-surgery
Imageability is defined as the percentage of wound incision photos that received an surgical site infection (SSI) risk prediction (high enough quality photos) by the MyHealthPal (MHP) app artificial intelligence algorithm among all photos uploaded by patients. High imageability is a critical step in MHP's predictive effectiveness. MHP Patient app guides patients on how to take surgical incision photos that are high enough quality for analysis. Target imageability percentage is greater than or equal to 95%.
- Positive/negative percent agreementFrom enrollment to end of app usage at 16 weeks post-surgery
Positive/negative percent agreement will be sought for each MyHealthPal (MHP) prediction by receiving feedback from one of the study investigators. The investigator will be prompted to agree or disagree with each MHP prediction (elevated or standard risk for a surgical site infection, or SSI). Final positive/negative agreement percentage will be calculated after the last subject completes the 16-week study period. The objective threshold for agreement percentage is \>90%.
- Patient Usage/Data EntryFrom enrollment to end of app usage at 16 weeks post-surgery
MyHealthPal (MHP) effectiveness is directly dependent on patient use and data entry. This study aims to demonstrate \>70% patient compliance with the monitoring plan data entry requirements. Patient compliance with data entry will be calculated by input category, wound photo, wound inputs, vital signs, medication adherence, and well-being, as well as overall patient compliance with all data entry requirements that are defined in the patient monitoring plan.
- Clinician FeedbackFrom first enrollment to final subject's end of app usage at 16 weeks
When clinicians agree or disagree with the MyHealthPal (MHP) app's prediction, they are encouraged to submit their feedback on incision characteristics that they observe in the photos. This feedback is particularly helpful in identifying early/leading indicators of surgical site infections (SSIs). In this study, an objective is for clinicians to submit their comments greater than or equal to 95% of the time they have agreed or disagreed with a prediction.
- Safety RiskFrom first enrollment to final subject's end of app usage at 16 weeks
MyHealthPal (MHP) is a digital platform that complements current patient care and does not impact the standard of care. Nevertheless, one of the study's objectives is to confirm that MHP use does not pose any patient safety risks. Risk factors for affected wound healing will be recorded for both the control and MyHealthPal app group as well as surgical site infection rates in both groups. Data from patients with similar risk factors across both groups will be compared to ensure that there is not a significant difference in infection incidence when MHP usage is a factor in post-operative wound monitoring.
- Patient Satisfaction (6-Week Point)From enrollment of first subject to 6 weeks post-operation of last subject
The final primary objective is to measure patient satisfaction at the 6-week post-operation visit, which is typically the final follow-up visit for operation recovery per the Pain Management Clinic's standard of care. By having controls and app users complete this survey at the 6-Week mark, the level of satisfaction with their care can be compared; this study aims to demonstrate that the added tracking via MyHealthPal will increase patient comfortability and satisfaction with post-operative care.