Trial reportBMJ open gastroenterology2023
Effectiveness of using a patient education mobile application to improve the quality of bowel preparation: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open gastroenterology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06569277 (Effects of a Smartphone Mobile Application on Quality of Bowel Preparation), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Effects of a Smartphone Mobile Application on Quality of Bowel Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- A randomized control trial to assess the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention on colonoscopy preparation and experience in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Trial
- To what extent can bowel preparation quality be considered "adequate"?: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Korean clinical practice guidelines for bowel preparation before colonoscopy.Clinical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Enhancing Patient Education for Colonoscopy Preparation: Strategies, Tools, and Best Practices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Shared Decision Making in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Day before late regimen vs standard split dose of low-volume PEG-CS for early morning colonoscopy: Multicenter randomized controlled trial.Endoscopy international open · 2025Article
- Adapting power calculations to include a superiority margin: what are the implications?Biochemia medica · 2024Review
- A smartphone application to enhance bowel preparation for first-time colonoscopy: a randomized controlled study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
aimsTo determine the effectiveness of a mobile application (app) in improving the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy.
methodAn endoscopist-blinded randomised controlled trial enrolled patients who were undergoing a colonoscopy on the same day of bowel preparation. The intervention used a Vietnamese mobile app that provides instructions on bowel preparation while patients in the comparison group received conventional instructions. Outcomes included the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) to assess the quality of bowel preparation and the polyp detection rate (PDR) and adenoma detection rate (ADR).
resultsThe study recruited 515 patients (256 in the intervention group). The median age was 42 years, 50.9% were females, 69.1% high school graduates and higher, and 45.2% from urban area. Patients in the intervention group had higher adherence to instructions (60.9% vs 52.4%, p=0.05) and longer length of taking laxatives (mean difference 0.17 hours, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.27). The intervention did not reduce the risk of poor bowel cleansing (total BBPS<6) in both overall (7.4% vs 7.7%; risk ratio 0.96, 95% CI 0.53 to 1.76) and subgroup analysis. PDR and ADR were similar between the two groups.
conclusionsThe mobile app providing instructions on proper bowel preparation improved the practice during bowel preparation but did not improve the quality of bowel cleansing or PDR.
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