Clinical trial NCT04590105: The Impact of a Smartphone App on the Quality of Pediatric Colonoscopy Preparations
Official title: The Impact of a Smartphone App on the Quality of Pediatric Colonoscopy Preparations
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pediatric ALL
Lead sponsor: Stony Brook University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-10-19
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Subjects were randomly assigned via block randomization to receive either written or software-based prep instructions.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The investigators developed a smartphone app that guides pediatric patients and their families through colonoscopy prep in an attempt to see if an app could improve the colonoscopy process.

Detailed description: The investigators created a smartphone app designed for pediatric patients and their families that informs patients about their colonoscopy procedure, alerts them when to take their medications throughout the hours-long colonoscopy prep process and tells them when to arrive to the endoscopy suite. The investigators designed a study to determine if this app will yield improved colonoscopy cleanouts, better patient understanding of the procedure, fewer calls to the GI service and more punctual arrival times to the endoscopy suite compared to patients who receive written instructions that do not actively interact with the patient before, during or after their colonoscopy prep.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Aged 5-18 years scheduled to undergo a diagnostic and/or therapeutic colonoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who had undergone a colonoscopy within the past one year
* Patients admitted for a nasogastric (NG) cleanout
* Patients requiring colonoscopy preparation medication other than Polyethylene Glycol
* Patients with poor understanding of English.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Smartphone application use was associated with increased number of "excellent" colonoscopy preps.
timeFrame: Each subject was assessed from the time they were scheduled for their colonoscopy to the day of their procedure, up to three months for subjects. Subjects were scored on their colonoscopies immediately following the procedure once the patient was stable
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The difference in the number of calls to the gastroenterology service between app users and controls.
timeFrame: Each subject was assessed from the time they were scheduled for their colonoscopy to the day of their procedure, up to three months for subjects
measure: The difference between app users and controls regarding patient arrival time.
timeFrame: Each subject was assessed from the time they were scheduled for their colonoscopy to the day of their procedure, up to three months for subjects
measure: The significant difference between app users and controls regarding patient knowledge about the procedure.
timeFrame: Each subject was assessed from the time they were scheduled for their colonoscopy to the day of their procedure, up to three months for subjects
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Stony Brook University Hospital
name: Jeffrey Morganstern, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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