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Improving Bowel Cleansing With a Smart Phone Application

NCT02303743 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2016-10-14

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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.

Conditions

  • Cathartics
  • Mobile Applications

Interventions

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).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga García

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga Garcíaa, M.D.; Ph.D. · Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

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