A remote study to find out if a mobile phone application (HealthMode Stool) can serve as a useful tool to track and characterize daily bowel movements. The application provides participants with a single place to record their bowel movements either as a part of their general health self-monitoring, or because they may be dealing with a bowel movement condition. The minimal study duration is 1 month, and participants can continue using the application up to 2 years.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
843
Virtual Facility
The Bronx, New York, United States
Dataset completeness
Aiming for 90% in two dataset completeness aspects: bowel movement entry days and bowel movement characteristics completeness.
Time frame: 28 days
Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation
Measured as category frequency and fluctuations in Bristol Stool Scale items
Time frame: 28 days
Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation
Measured as changes in Gastro-intestinal Symptom Rating Scale score. The score ranges from 15 to 105, lower score indicating a better outcome
Time frame: 28 days
Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation
Measured as changes in Visceral Sensitivity Index score. The score ranges from 15 to 90, lower score indicating a worse outcome
Time frame: 28 days
Usability of the application
Level of usability of the solution by patients by means of a Standard Usability Questionnaire score. The score ranges from 10 to 50, higher score indicating a better usability.
Time frame: 28 days
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