Colon Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and life threatening condition that will affect one in thirteen individuals. Colonoscopy is the most commonly used procedure to identify colorectal malignancies or precancerous lesions at an earlier stage, which affords an opportunity for cure. However, low level of bowel cleanliness hinders polyp detection and therefore can limit colonoscopy effectiveness. Historically, the majority of the studies have focused on pharmacological factors to optimize bowel preparation quality. Recently, 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 web-based instructions vs. the historical phone/letter instructions given to patients planning to have a colonoscopy.
Detailed description
This study is a prospective randomized trial. Four hundred and fifty consecutive eligible patients will be randomized to ideally have two hundred and twenty five patients in each arm. Those who will have traditional paper based instructions and those who will be using an online system. Both groups will receive their instructions by the research assistant prior to leaving the office after being consented. The paper based instructions will be given as a handout and those in the online group will receive their bowel preparation instructions via an email sent by a scheduling assistant
Interventions
DEVICEAiddly (Web Site)
A website designed to better educate patients on how to prepare for their colonoscopies
Sponsors
University of British Columbia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 19 or greater * Patients scheduled for a colonoscopy using a doctors normal prep as outpatients * Willing to participate by filling out the survey * Must be able to read and understand English * Must have ability to use email, have a functioning email account, and are willing to be contacted by email.
Exclusion criteria
* Unable to speak English * Unwilling to participate in reading online materials
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patients with Excelent Colonoscopy preparation | Baseline | To determine the effectiveness of web-based instructions for patients preparing for colonoscopy by comparing the percentage of patients that achieve an excellent Boston Bowel Preparation score when following the web-based instructions compared to the control arm of patients receiving paper written instructions. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benefit and satisfaction to patients of this method of patient education. | Baseline | To determine through follow-up survey the benefit and satisfaction to patients of this method of patient education. |
| Bowel preparation tolerability with this method of patient education. | Baseline | To determine through follow-up survey differences in bowel preparation tolerability with this method of patient education. |
| Use of web-based educational platform | Baseline | To determine the number of patients who cannot use or participate in the web-based educational platform and through survey results determine limiting factors of access and use. |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed