Impact of Patient Education Website on the Quality of Outpatient Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

Completed

• Conditions: Colon Cancer
• Interventions: Device: Aiddly (Web Site)

• Registration Number: NCT02804737
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the GI clinic's currently used web-based instructions at St. Paul's Hospital.

Detailed Description

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a relatively common and life threatening condition that affect one in thirteen individuals in their lifetime. Colonoscopy is the most used procedure to allow gastroenterologist to identify colorectal malignancies or precancerous lesions at an earlier stage, which affords a greater chance for cure. However, low bowel cleanliness hinders polyp detection rates and therefore colonoscopy effectiveness. In the past, the majority of the studies have focused on pharmacological factors to optimize bowel preparation quality. Recently, the non-pharmacological factors have been found to have significant increases in bowel preparation quality. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the GI clinic's currently used web-based instructions at St. Paul's Hospital.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-11
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-14
• Study First Posted: 2016-06-17
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-12
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients scheduled for a colonoscopy as outpatients

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Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to speak English
• Unwilling to participate in reading online materials

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Web Group	Aiddly (Web Site)	Patients given web site (aiddly) instructions for colonoscopy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effectiveness of Web-based instructions	Time 0	Determine the effectiveness of Web-based instructions patients in preparing for colonoscopy by comparing the percentage of patients that achieved an excellent Boston Bowel Preparation Score when following the web-based instructions compared to historical control of paper written instructions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Benefit of web-based instructions	Time 0	Determine through a survey the benefit to patients of this method of education.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. Paul's Hospital; 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada