Improving Bowel Cleansing With a Smart Phone Application

Mobile Applications Clinical Trial

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

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cathartics
• Mobile Applications

• NCT number: NCT02303743
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: January 2014
• Completion date: June 2014