Beta Testing of a Smartphone App for HIV Prevention in Malaysian MSM

NCT ID: NCT05052411

Last Updated: 2022-09-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-13
• Study Completion Date: 2022-04-24

Brief Summary

This project will involve beta testing of the JomPrEP app to assess its usability and acceptability among Malaysian MSM.

Detailed Description

Given the evolving HIV epidemic among MSM and their challenges with accessing prevention services, we previously proposed to adapt, expand, and refine an existing app (namely the HealthMindr app) to deliver an integrated HIV prevention intervention that will promote HIV testing and linkage to PrEP and that incorporates screening and support for P/SUD for Malaysian MSM. We now plan to conduct expanded beta testing of the newly designed JomPrEP app to assess its usability and acceptability among Malaysian MSM.

Following wireframing and usability testing, Keymind (an experienced mobile app development company that has significant experience in building HIPAA-compliant apps, including HealthMindr) will apply a user interface (UI) design (i.e., colors/branding) to the interactive prototype, followed by the final development of the app (beta version). The objective of this study is to beta test this app to identify potential bugs and to ensure its usability in a real-world setting.

As part of the expanded beta testing, we will also evaluate the design, functionality, and usability of the JomPrEP app. This step is a critical stage of app development and will increase the ability of our research team to develop an acceptable and effective app.

Conditions

HIV Prevention Program

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Expanded beta testing of the JomPrEP app

App usage assessments and analytics over a 1-month period.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

App usage assessments and analytics

Intervention Type: OTHER

All participants will be given a brief overview of the purpose of the study followed by a survey on participant characteristics and barriers to accessing HIV testing and PrEP uptake and P/SUD support services. The participant will be observed downloading the JomPrEP app and instructed with a brief tutorial on the onboarding process. The participant will be told to keep the app for 1 month and encouraged to use all app components. At 30 days, the participant will complete a post-survey, to which the Systems Usability Scale will be added. App analytics will also be collected (e.g., the number of logins). Participants will be asked to provide feedback on functionality, performance, and errors encountered, motivation to use the app, overall experiences using the app, feedback for further refinement, and subjective impact of the app on HIV prevention.

Interventions

App usage assessments and analytics

All participants will be given a brief overview of the purpose of the study followed by a survey on participant characteristics and barriers to accessing HIV testing and PrEP uptake and P/SUD support services. The participant will be observed downloading the JomPrEP app and instructed with a brief tutorial on the onboarding process. The participant will be told to keep the app for 1 month and encouraged to use all app components. At 30 days, the participant will complete a post-survey, to which the Systems Usability Scale will be added. App analytics will also be collected (e.g., the number of logins). Participants will be asked to provide feedback on functionality, performance, and errors encountered, motivation to use the app, overall experiences using the app, feedback for further refinement, and subjective impact of the app on HIV prevention.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• HIV-negative MSM
• Age more than or equal to 18
• Cis-gender men
• Condomless sex in the last 30 days
• Own a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent
• Unable to read and understand English or Bahasa Malaysia

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Malaya

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Connecticut

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Roman Shrestha

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, , Malaysia

Countries

Malaysia

References

Shrestha R, Altice FL, Khati A, Azwa I, Gautam K, Gupta S, Sullivan PS, Ni Z, Kamarulzaman A, Phiphatkunarnon P, Wickersham JA. Clinic-Integrated Smartphone App (JomPrEP) to Improve Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Usability and Acceptability. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2023 Feb 16;11:e44468. doi: 10.2196/44468.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 36795465 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

R21TW011665

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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