The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy
Background/Aims Few studies have evaluated the use of a smartphone application (app) for educating people undergoing colonoscopy and optimizing bowel preparation. Therefore, this study was designed to develop a smartphone app for people to use as a preparation guide and to evaluate the efficacy of t...
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| author | JeongHyeon Cho SeungHee Lee Jung A Shin Jeong Ho Kim Hong Sub Lee |
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| description | Background/Aims Few studies have evaluated the use of a smartphone application (app) for educating people undergoing colonoscopy and optimizing bowel preparation. Therefore, this study was designed to develop a smartphone app for people to use as a preparation guide and to evaluate the efficacy of this app when used prior to colonoscopy. Methods In total, 142 patients (male:female=84:58, mean age=43.5±9.3 years), who were scheduled to undergo a colonoscopy at Myongji Hospital, were enrolled in this study. Seventy-one patients were asked to use a smartphone app that we had recently developed to prepare for the colonoscopy, while the 71 patients of the sex and age-matched control group were educated via written and verbal instructions. Results The quality of bowel cleansing, evaluated using the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale, was significantly higher in the smartphone app group than in the control group (7.70±1.1 vs. 7.24±0.8, respectively, p=0.007 by t-test). No significant differences were found between the two groups regarding work-up time and the number of patients with polyps. Conclusions In this study, targeting young adults (≤50 years), the bowel preparation achieved by patients using the smartphone app showed significantly better quality than that of the control group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5c2ca93348d40aba42ee8d85aed72762023-10-02T06:16:17ZengKorean Society of Gastrointestinal EndoscopyClinical Endoscopy2234-24002234-24432017-09-0150547948510.5946/ce.2017.0257003The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening ColonoscopyJeongHyeon ChoSeungHee LeeJung A ShinJeong Ho KimHong Sub LeeBackground/Aims Few studies have evaluated the use of a smartphone application (app) for educating people undergoing colonoscopy and optimizing bowel preparation. Therefore, this study was designed to develop a smartphone app for people to use as a preparation guide and to evaluate the efficacy of this app when used prior to colonoscopy. Methods In total, 142 patients (male:female=84:58, mean age=43.5±9.3 years), who were scheduled to undergo a colonoscopy at Myongji Hospital, were enrolled in this study. Seventy-one patients were asked to use a smartphone app that we had recently developed to prepare for the colonoscopy, while the 71 patients of the sex and age-matched control group were educated via written and verbal instructions. Results The quality of bowel cleansing, evaluated using the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale, was significantly higher in the smartphone app group than in the control group (7.70±1.1 vs. 7.24±0.8, respectively, p=0.007 by t-test). No significant differences were found between the two groups regarding work-up time and the number of patients with polyps. Conclusions In this study, targeting young adults (≤50 years), the bowel preparation achieved by patients using the smartphone app showed significantly better quality than that of the control group.http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2017-025.pdfColonoscopyEnemaMobile applicationsColonic neoplasms |
| spellingShingle | JeongHyeon Cho SeungHee Lee Jung A Shin Jeong Ho Kim Hong Sub Lee The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy Clinical Endoscopy Colonoscopy Enema Mobile applications Colonic neoplasms |
| title | The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy |
| title_full | The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy |
| title_short | The Impact of Patient Education with a Smartphone Application on the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Screening Colonoscopy |
| title_sort | impact of patient education with a smartphone application on the quality of bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy |
| topic | Colonoscopy Enema Mobile applications Colonic neoplasms |
| url | http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2017-025.pdf |
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