NCT02303743

Improving Bowel Cleansing With a Smart Phone Application

Improving the Quality of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Using a Smart Phone Application

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 260 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga García · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Getting ready for a colonoscopy is difficult and involves a lot of steps. The information given to patients is very important to adherence to treatment. The investigators have created a novel smart phone application (SPA) aimed to increased bowel preparation quality and patient satisfaction, using different educational tools.

Detailed description

Background: Getting ready for a colonoscopy is difficult and involves a lot of steps. The information given to patients is very important to adherence to treatment. The investigators have created a novel smart phone application (SPA) aimed to increased bowel preparation quality and patient satisfaction, using different educational tools. Methods: The investigators have performed a prospective, endoscopist-blinded, randomized, controlled trial. The investigators have enrolled 260 outpatients owners of a smartphone. Patients were randomly allocated to two different protocols: instructions provided by SPA (SPA group; n=108) or written instructions with visual aids (control group; n=152). All procedures were performed in afternoon time and patients received the same purgative regimen (2-L PEG solution plus ascorbic acid), in a full-dose same-day regimen. The day before colonoscopy (Baseline), patients initiated low fiber diet. The study was designed to detect an improvement in quality of bowel preparation using the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS) scale. The effect of protocol on patient satisfaction was assessed with a specific questionnaire at time of the colonoscopy.

Conditions

• Cathartics
• Mobile Applications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Smart Phone Application	Bowel preparation was evaluated using the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS). The scale was the primary outcome measure
DEVICE	Written instructions with visual aids	written instructions with visual aids explaining the procedure and when to begin self-administration of the bowel solution (control group).

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-12-01
• Last updated: 2016-10-14
• Results posted: 2015-01-13