Testing Feasibility of a Mobile Application to Monitor Fatigue in People With Multiple Sclerosis

摘要

BACKGROUND Fatigue is a significant and burdensome symptom for patients with multiple sclerosis and is associated with other symptoms, signs, and decreased quality of life. METHODS A prospective pilot study was conducted with a convenience sample (n = 34) of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis using a phone application, , to collect data on patient-reported outcome measures (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [PROMIS]). RESULTS FatigueApp feasibility was good, with the ability to collect data on self-reported fatigue and other symptoms using PROMIS measures. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that using a phone application with PROMIS may be useful in the future to provide estimates of fatigue and other variables to facilitate clinical monitoring of fatigue for neurology clinic settings.