Smart Data Collection for the Assessment of Treatment Effects in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Observational Study.
Zsa Zsa R M WeertsKoert G E HeinenAdrian A M MascleeAmber B A QuanjelBjorn WinkensLisa VorkPaula E L M RinkensDaisy M A E JonkersDaniel KeszthelyiPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
The use of a smartphone app as a symptom diary to assess treatment response resulted in high patient adherence. The data-collection framework described led to standardized data collection with excellent completeness and can be used for future randomized controlled trials. Due to the slight decrease in adherence to diary use throughout the study, this method might be less suitable for longer trials.