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ArticleJMIR formative research2021

A Decision Support Tool for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Acceptability and Usability Study.

Anirudh Veludhandi, Diana Ross, Cynthia B Sinha, Courtney McCracken, Nitya Bakshi, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti

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Anirudh VeludhandiSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8883-8681
Diana RossSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7383-9710
Cynthia B SinhaSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-9521
Courtney McCrackenCenter for Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-1256
Nitya BakshiSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-9506
Lakshmanan KrishnamurtiSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-0037
Emory University · USKaiser Permanente · US

Funding

STUDYING INTRA-INDIVIDUAL PAIN VARIABILITY IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND RESOLUTION OF PAIN AFTER HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANT: A NOVEL MODEL SYSTEM TO ELUCIDATE MECHANISMS OF TRANSITION TO CHRONIC PAINK23HL140142 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BAKSHI, NITYA · 2018 to 2022
$899k
Sickle Cell post Transplantation Long Term and Late Effects Registry ( STELLAR)OT2HL152762 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI KRISHNAMURTI, LAKSHMANAN · 2019 to 2019
$750k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL140142NHLBI NIH HHS OT2 HL152762
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Abstract

backgroundIndividuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) may benefit from a variety of disease-modifying therapies, including hydroxyurea, voxelotor, crizanlizumab, L-glutamine, and chronic blood transfusions. However, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) remains the only nonexperimental treatment with curative intent. As HCT outcomes can be influenced by the complex interaction of several risk factors, HCT can be a difficult decision for health care providers to make for their patients with SCD.

objectiveThe aim of this study is to determine the acceptability and usability of a prototype decision support tool for health care providers in decision-making about HCT for SCD, together with patients and their families.

methodsOn the basis of published transplant registry data, we developed the Sickle Options Decision Support Tool for Children, which provides health care providers with personalized transplant survival and risk estimates for their patients to help them make informed decisions regarding their patients' management of SCD. To evaluate the tool for its acceptability and usability, we conducted beta tests of the tool and surveys with physicians using the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and mobile health app usability questionnaire, respectively.

resultsAccording to the mobile health app usability questionnaire survey findings, the overall usability of the tool was high (mean 6.15, SD 0.79; range 4.2-7). According to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework survey findings, acceptability of the presentation of information on the decision support tool was also high (mean 2.94, SD 0.63; range 2-4), but the acceptability regarding the amount of information was mixed (mean 2.59, SD 0.5; range 2-3). Most participants expressed that they would use the tool in their own patient consults (13/15, 87%) and suggested that the tool would ease the decision-making process regarding HCT (8/9, 89%). The 4 major emergent themes from the qualitative analysis of participant beta tests include user interface, data content, usefulness during a patient consult, and potential for a patient-focused decision aid. Most participants supported the idea of a patient-focused decision aid but recommended that it should include more background on HCT and a simplification of medical terminology.

conclusionsWe report the development, acceptability, and usability of a prototype decision support tool app to provide individualized risk and survival estimates to patients interested in HCT in a patient consultation setting. We propose to finalize the tool by validating predictive analytics using a large data set of patients with SCD who have undergone HCT. Such a tool may be useful in promoting physician-patient collaboration in making shared decisions regarding HCT for SCD. Further incorporation of patient-specific measures, including the HCT comorbidity index and the quality of life after transplant, may improve the applicability of the decision support tool in a health care setting.

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decision support toolmHealthmobile applicationmobile phonepediatricssickle cell diseasetransplant

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