Validation of B-COMPASSS

The study is designed to reflect the real heterogeneity of patients, diseases, healthcare contexts and geographies that B-COMPASS is meant to serve.

3500

patients participating

18

settings & organisations

Disease areas under study

Cardiology

Endocrinology

Immunology

Oncology

Neurology

Rare Disease

Data collection settings

Geographical reach

EU Pilot Sites

Czech Republic

Germany

Greece

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Slovaneia

Spain

Non-EU Pilot Sites

Brazil

Mexico

Tanzania

USA

Canada

Japan

Study design & patient participation

1. Initial data collection

Patients complete the BEAMER questionnaire, capturing actionable behavioural factors affecting treatment adherence.
A baseline adherence measurement is taken.
Patients are assigned to a B-COMPASS group based on key behavioural factors:
Segmentation of actionable behavioural factors
Predicted risk of non-adherence

2. Randomisation

Patients are randomised into two arms:

Intervention

Standard care plus enhanced engagement based on their B-COMPASS group.

Control

Standard care only.

3. Second data collection

Patients complete the BEAMER questionnaire again.
Adherence is re-measured to assess change.
Contextual data is collected (e.g. events affecting adherence).
Patients share their experience of enhanced engagement from healthcare providers, beyond standard care.

The study is designed to reflect the real heterogeneity of patients, diseases, healthcare contexts and geographies that B-COMPASS is meant to serve.

Purpose of data collection

Validate the B-COMPASS

Benefits for patients

Intervention group

Both groups

Long-term impact

Explaining the validation of B-COMPASS

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Healthcare Professional

The primary aim of the end user personas is to support the creation of materials to support the implementation of the BEAMER model framework and to help define requirements for the elements of the BEAMER model framework. Hence, healthcare professionals (HCPs) represent the primary envisaged end user group of the BEAMER model framework and the associated Adherence Intelligence Visualisation Platform (AIVP)

It is one learning from the joint design process that the job titles of healthcare professional team members do not necessarily predict the roles they would play within the change management process for implementing BEAMER and installing it as a standard model within healthcare. Additionally, the role and responsibilities of certain job titles, for example nurse, varies across different healthcare systems and would affect how they interact with the BEAMER model outputs and the access they would be permitted and so it would not be helpful to include these job titles: The four personas represent role-independent archetypes within the group of HCPs. They encompass a Managerial HCP Persona, an Implementer HCP Persona, a Support HCP Persona, and a Established HCP Persona.

These healthcare professional personas may be further tailored to specific healthcare settings depending on the needs of the individual pilot sites. Thus, adapted or spin-off versions of these original personas may be considered. The persona displays include a summarising statement, goals, challenges, experience, and needs to enhance the accessibility and usability of the model while minimising user burden.

Patient Organisation

Patient organisations are considered potential users of the model outputs. Consequently, personas were designed for these groups to assure that the implementation materials may also support their needs in the longer term, thus fostering sustainability of the project outputs.

The identified focus areas within this persona are goals, needs, skills and tools, along with potential challenges anticipated during the implementation process. The persona emphasises awareness-raising, capacity building, education, peer support provision, and the promotion of research and development in therapeutic care.

The patient organisation persona serves as a theoretical framework representing how patient organisations could benefit from and include the BEAMER model framework in their therapy and care related as well as their organisational work. This persona comprises the needs, goals, challenges and necessary tools, facilitating preparation and implementation of the model and optimising the user experience of patient organisations as end users of the BEAMER model framework. It can be used as a guide to identify potential obstacles and understand the prerequisites for a patient organisation to successfully adopt and integrate the BEAMER model framework.

“In implementing the BEAMER model, we want to be able to respond to the different needs of our patients to ensure their adherence, build a supportive community and improve outcomes.”