Developing an Intervention to Optimize Virtual Care Adoption for COPD Management
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age40+
SponsorVA Office of Research and Development
About this trial
VA is a leader in virtual care (VC), including the patient portal, mobile apps, and telehealth programs. VC has great utility for managing chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, adoption of many VC services has been slow. Lack of awareness about these services is one of the most prominent patient- and healthcare team-facing barriers to adopting VC. This study will develop, refine, and pilot a stakeholder-informed multicomponent implementation strategy to support adoption of VC, referred to as VC-OPTIONS (Virtual Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Adoption Support). This feasibility trial will pilot the VC-OPTIONS implementation strategy to assess feasibility and acceptability and gather preliminary effectiveness data to inform a larger hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. The core component of VC-OPTIONS will be the provision of information via VA's Annie texting program to empower patients with knowledge about the array of VC services and how they can be used to support COPD management. It is hypothesized that this strategy will be acceptable and feasible. This work will improve patient and team awareness of and communication about VC services, and support patient access to VC services for COPD management.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
VHA user
US Veteran
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis
The ability to speak and understand English
Disqualifiers
Prior participation in preparatory research for the development of the intervention
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
VC-OPTIONS
Other interventionParticipants will be enrolled in the Annie texting VC-OPTIONS protocol
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: VC-OPTIONSExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Feasibility
The feasibility of the core implementation component will be assessed with the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM). This is a publicly available, psychometrically sound scale designed to be used in pilot studies as an indicator of implementation success. Participants will be asked to indicate the extent to which they agree with the following statements on a scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree): I can see other Veterans receiving these messages; I was able to respond to the text messages; texting with Annie was easy; the amount of messages I received from Annie was just right.
Time frame
12 WeeksSecondary outcomes
1
Acceptability
The acceptability of the core implementation component will be assessed with the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). This is a publicly available, psychometrically sound scale designed to be used in pilot studies as an indicator of implementation success. Participants will be asked to indicate the extent to which they agree with the following statements on a scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree): I approved of the text messages I received; the text messages I received were appealing to me; I liked receiving and responding to the text messages I received; I welcomed the text messages I received.
Time frame
12 Weeks2
Appropriateness
The appropriateness of the core implementation component will be assessed with the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM). This is a publicly available, psychometrically sound scale designed to be used in pilot studies as an indicator of implementation success. Participants will be asked to indicate the extent to which they agree with the following statements on a scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree): the text messages were fitting; the text messages were suitable, the text messages were applicable to me; the text messages were a good match with my COPD management needs.
Time frame
12 Weeks3
Awareness of Virtual Care
Change between baseline and 12 weeks in awareness of Virtual Care services will be assessed via survey, pre and post intervention, through the following question: which of the following VA services are you aware of?
Time frame
12 Weeks4
Intention to Adopt Virtual Care
Change between baseline and 12 weeks in awareness of Virtual Care services will be assessed via survey through the following question: which of the following VA services are you interested in trying out?
Time frame
Baseline and 12 weeksSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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