Smart Data Collection for the Assessment of Treatment Effects in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Observational Study

Zsa Zsa R. M. Weerts; Koert G. E. Heinen; Ad A. M. Masclee; Amber B. A. Quanjel; Bjorn Winkens; Lisa Vork; Paula E. L. M. Rinkens; Daisy M. A. E. Jonkers; Daniel Keszthelyi

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Smart Data Collection for the Assessment of Treatment Effects in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Observational Study

Zsa Zsa R. M. Weerts^*, Koert G. E. Heinen, Ad A. M. Masclee, Amber B. A. Quanjel, Bjorn Winkens, Lisa Vork, Paula E. L. M. Rinkens, Daisy M. A. E. Jonkers, Daniel Keszthelyi

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Background: End-of-day symptom diaries are recommended by drug regulatory authorities to assess treatment response in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. We developed a smartphone app to measure treatment response.

Objective: Because the employment of an app to measure treatment response in irritable bowel syndrome is relatively new, we aimed to explore patients' adherence to diary use and characteristics associated with adherence.

Methods: A smartphone app was developed to serve as a symptom diary. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (based on Rome IV criteria) were instructed to fill out end-of-day diary questionnaires during an 8-week treatment. Additional online questionnaires assessed demographics, irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity, and psychosocial comorbidities. Adherence rate to the diary was defined as the percentage of days completed out of total days. Adherence to the additional web-based questionnaires was also assessed.

Results: Overall, 189 patients were included (age: mean 34.0 years, SD 13.3 years; female: 147/189, 77.8%; male: 42/189, 22.2%). The mean adherence rate was 87.9% (SD 9.4%). However, adherence to the diary decreased over time (P99%). Missing data due to technical issues were limited.

Conclusions: The use of a smartphone app as a symptom diary to assess treatment response resulted in high patient adherence. The data-collection framework described led to standardized data collection with excellent completeness and can be used for future randomized controlled trials. Due to the slight decrease in adherence to diary use throughout the study, this method might be less suitable for longer trials.

Original language	English
Article number	19696
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Medical Internet Research
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2196/19696
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2020

Keywords

irritable bowel syndrome
digital diary
smartphone application
mobile phone application
mhealth
e-health
compliance
electronic case report file
patient reported outcome measures
peppermint oil
PERSUADE study
ELECTRONIC DIARIES
PAPER
PAIN
TRIAL
EFFICACY
12-WEEK

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Weerts, Z. Z. R. M., Heinen, K. G. E., Masclee, A. A. M., Quanjel, A. B. A., Winkens, B., Vork, L., Rinkens, P. E. L. M., Jonkers, D. M. A. E. & Keszthelyi, D., 15 Feb 2021, In: JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 9, 2, 1 p., e27998.
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Weerts, Z. Z. R. M., Heinen, K. G. E., Masclee, A. A. M., Quanjel, A. B. A., Winkens, B., Vork, L., Rinkens, P. E. L. M., Jonkers, D. M. A. E., & Keszthelyi, D. (2020). Smart Data Collection for the Assessment of Treatment Effects in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(11), Article 19696. https://doi.org/10.2196/19696

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Smart Data Collection for the Assessment of Treatment Effects in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Observational Study

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