Effect of Individualized Patient Education Including Drinking Advice Using an App

Effect of Individualized Patient Education Including Drinking Advice Using an App

Study evaluating the effect of a personalized smart phone application in addition to standard care on bowel preparation scores, compared to standard care alone.

Picoprep is a low-volume bowel preparation used to optimize visualization of the colonic mucosa during colonoscopy. Patients referred for a colonoscopy will be scheduled for an intake. During this intake patients receive education about Picoprep and will be asked about their health condition (medical history, medication use). Standard a face-to-face education is given by an intake nurse or doctor. The producers of Picoprep, Ferring BV designed an app including a drinking schedule adapted to the timing of the coloscopy, aiming a lag time between intake of the last Picoprep dose and the scopy of 2-4 hours. We hypothesize that the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale and patient satisfaction will be higher in patients receiving standard education plus using the bowel preparation app versus patients receiving single standard education.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients refered to our clinic for colonoscopy by general practitioner, colorectal cancer screening programme or outpatient clinic
• Use of regular sodium picosulfate bowel preparation scheme
• Possession of an Android or iOS smart phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency colonoscopy
• Hospitalized patients