Use of a Digital Psychotherapeutic App to Reduce Symptom Burden in Dermatology Patients

Sponsor
National University Hospital, Singapore
Study ID
NCT06702293
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Digital psychotherapeutic intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    Mobile app comprising various psychobehavioural tools to educate, enhance self-efficacy and coping and promote wellness in dermatological patients.
  • Healthy365 — BEHAVIORAL
    Mobile application by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) Singapore which aims to encourage users to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Study Details

Skin diseases, despite low mortality, significantly impair quality of life. This randomised controlled trial evaluates the efficacy of a digital toolkit comprising psychotherapeutic strategies in reducing QoL burden in patients with chronic inflammatory skin conditions. This toolkit is hosted on a mobile application and will be used by study participants randomised to the intervention arm over the 32 week study period.

Key Dates

First listed
Nov 22, 2024
Start date
Feb 23, 2026
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028
Completion
Jul 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
690 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention Arm
    This fully automated and self-administered intervention will be delivered via a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant mobile app developed in collaboration with Intellect Inc., a Singapore-based mobile health company with broad reach and prior research collaborations in the Asia Pacific region. A detailed discussion focusing on the engineering of the application including the user interface, data acquisition and curation technology, security and privacy assurance is available from the authors.
  • Active Comparator: Control
    Participants in the active control group will download use the Healthy365 app, a mobile health application managed by the Singapore government's Health Promotion Board. The Healthy365 app offers a variety of useful general health-related content which are not specific to skin disease. These include personalized health tracking, participation in fitness challenges, access to nutritional guidance, and personalized lifestyle recommendations.

Primary Outcome Measure

Skin-specific quality of life impairment [ Time Frame: baseline, week 8 ]

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