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@ARTICLE{Buchholz:259692,
author = {Buchholz, Maresa and Weber, Niklas and Borel, Stephanie and
Sayah, Sabrina and Xie, Feng and Schulz, Jörg B and Reetz,
Kathrin and Boesch, Sylvia and Klopstock, Thomas and Karin,
Ivan and Schöls, Ludger and Grobe-Einsler, Marcus and
Klockgether, Thomas and Davies, Elin Haf and Schmeder,
Madeleine and Nadke, Andreas and Michalowsky, Bernhard},
title = {{P}atient-reported, health economic and psychosocial
outcomes in patients with {F}riedreich ataxia ({PROFA}):
protocol of an observational study using momentary data
assessments via mobile health app.},
journal = {BMJ open},
volume = {13},
number = {8},
issn = {2044-6055},
address = {London},
publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group},
reportid = {DZNE-2023-00764},
pages = {e075736},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Friedreich ataxia (FA) is the most common hereditary ataxia
in Europe, characterised by progressively worsening movement
and speech impairments with a typical onset before the age
of 25 years. The symptoms affect the patients'
health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial
health. FA leads to an increasing need for care, associated
with an economic burden. Little is known about the impact of
FA on daily lives and HRQoL. To fill that gap, we will
assess patient-reported, psychosocial and economic outcomes
using momentary data assessment via a mobile health
application (app).The PROFA Study is a prospective
observational study. Patients with FA (n=200) will be
recruited at six European study centres (Germany, France and
Austria). We will interview patients at baseline in the
study centre and subsequently assess the patients' health at
home via mobile health app. Patients will self-report ataxia
severity, HRQoL, speech and hearing disabilities, coping
strategies and well-being, health services usage, adverse
health events and productivity losses due to informal care
on a daily to monthly basis on the app for 6 months. Our
study aims to (1) validate measurements of HRQoL and
psychosocial health, (2) assess the usability of the mobile
health app, and (3) use descriptive and multivariate
statistics to analyse patient-reported and economic outcomes
and the interaction effects between these outcomes. Insights
into the app's usability could be used for future studies
using momentary data assessments to measure outcomes of
patients with FA.Ethical approval has been obtained from the
Ethics Committee of the University Medicine of Greifswald,
(BB096/22a, 26 October 2022) and from all local ethics
committees of the participating study sites. Findings of the
study will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented
at relevant international/national congresses and
disseminated to German and French Patient Advocacy
Organizations.ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT05943002);
Pre-results.},
keywords = {Humans / Adult / Friedreich Ataxia / Quality of Life /
Mobile Applications / Telemedicine: methods / Patient
Reported Outcome Measures / Observational Studies as Topic /
Friedreich ataxia (Other) / Rare diseases (Other) / health
and informal care (Other) / health economics (Other) /
m-health app assessment (Other) / patient-reported outcomes
(Other) / speech and hearing disabilities (Other)},
cin = {AG Hoffmann / AG Thyrian / AG Klockgether},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1510600 / I:(DE-2719)1510800 /
I:(DE-2719)1011001},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37527887},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10394552},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075736},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/259692},
}