Smartphone App-Based and Paper-Based Patient-Reported Outcomes Using a Disease-Specific Questionnaire for Dry Eye Disease: Randomized Crossover Equivalence Study.

Ken Nagino Yuichi Okumura Yasutsugu Akasaki Kenta Fujio Tianxiang Huang Jaemyoung Sung Akie Midorikawa-Inomata Keiichi Fujimoto Atsuko Eguchi Shokirova Hurramhon Alan Yee Maria Karasawa Mizu Ohno Kunihiko Hirosawa Yuki Morooka Akira Murakami Hiroyuki Kobayashi Takenori Inomata

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)

This study demonstrated the equivalence of PROs between the app- and paper-based J-OSDI. Implementing the app-based J-OSDI in various scenarios, including telehealth, may have implications for the early diagnosis of DED and longitudinal monitoring of PROs.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
open label
double blind
climate change
placebo controlled
study protocol