کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5655595 1407322 2017 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Usability of a home-based test for the measurement of fecal calprotectin in asymptomatic IBD patients
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی غدد درون ریز، دیابت و متابولیسم
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Usability of a home-based test for the measurement of fecal calprotectin in asymptomatic IBD patients
چکیده انگلیسی

The aim of our work was to test the usability of fecal calprotectin (FC) home-based test in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.MethodsIBD patients were prospectively recruited. They had to measure FC with a dedicated tool and smartphone application, 5 times at two weeks intervals over an 8 weeks period. They had to fill in a usability questionnaire at the first and the last FC measurement. A System Usability Scale (SUS: 0-100) and the Global Score of Usability (GSU: 0-85) were calculated. FC was also centrally measured by ELISA.ResultsFifty-eight patients were recruited. Forty-two performed at least one FC measurement and 27 performed all the FC requested measurements. The median (IQR) SUS (0-100) at the first and last use were 85 (78-90) and 81 (70-88), respectively; the median (IQR) GSU (0-85) at the first and last use were 74 (69-80) and 77 (68-83), respectively. Adherence to the planned measurements and usability of the tool were higher in females and in less severe disease. The intra-class correlation coefficient between home-based and centrally measured FC was 0.88.ConclusionThe adherence to home-based measurement of FC was fair. Usability scores for the home-based test were high. There was a good correlation with the centrally measured FC by ELISA.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Digestive and Liver Disease - Volume 49, Issue 9, September 2017, Pages 991-996
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