Development of two electronic bladder diaries: A patient and healthcare professionals pilot study

Mangera, Altaf; Marzo, Alberto; Heron, Nicola M.; Fernando, Dayan Abishek; Hameed, Khawar; Soliman, Abdel-Hamid; Bradley, Mark; Hosking, Ian; Abdel-Maguid, Mohamed; Levermore, Martin; Tindale, W. B.; Chapple, Christopher R.

doi:10.1002/nau.22469

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“…Symptoms which showed lower agreements were the presence of nocturia or nocturnal polyuria, which is something that has already been showed by other authors, who found greater variability in the nocturnal events . A possible explanation is that patients might find some difficulties in recording voids at night with an electronic diary as this could require a degree of wakefulness which could interfere with the sleep cycle …”

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“…However, recording the events at the time they occur is essential to avoid recall bias, as events postponed might be forgotten afterwards. Although clinicians’ preferences were not assessed in this study, other studies show that they may prefer electronic diaries rather than paper formats due to the time saving or the comprehensiveness of the report …”

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Validation of a 3 day electronic bladder diary as an app for smart‐phone

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Cusi

López-Fando³

et al. 2019

Neurourology and Urodynamics

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Aim To validate an electronic 3‐day bladder diary (BD) as an easy‐to‐use app for smart‐phone (eDM3d). Methods Descriptive and cross‐sectional prospective study. One hundred and thirty‐six patients with overactive bladder syndrome (OABs) or nocturia who had a smart‐phone and attended the urology clinics of a tertiary hospital from June to November 2017 were included. Patients filled the eDM3d (test) and the Spanish validated paper BD (DM3d) and questionnaires ICIQ‐UISF and BASQ during the first week. Two weeks later, they repeated the eDM3d (retest). We assessed feasibility of the eDM3d (percentage of variables completed), test‐retest reliability (qualitative variables: McNemar test; quantitative variables: ICC), paper‐app correlation (qualitative variables: Kappa index; quantitative variables: ICC) and convergent validity (correlation between eDM3d and questionnaires, Spearman's rank test). Patients answered a question about satisfaction: “If you had to repeat a BD again, would you choose paper or the app version?” Results One hundred and twenty‐three (90.4%) participants completed all the variables of the first eDM3d. There were no significant differences in the proportion of patients classified as positive for each symptom between test and retest. ICC ranged from 0.73 to 0.94 for all variables (P < 0.001) in the test‐retest assessment. Paper‐app correlation was good to excellent for all variables (ICC 0.76‐0.95, P < 0.001; Kappa index 0.56‐0.84, P < 0.001). Correlation between the eDM3d and the questionnaires ranged from 0.23 to 0.6 (P < 0.01). 120 (88.2%) patients would choose the eDM3d if they had to repeat a BD. Conclusion The eDM3d presents suitable feasibility, reliability, and validity to assess patients with OABs or nocturia who have a smart‐phone.

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Validation of a 3 day electronic bladder diary as an app for smart‐phone

Arrom

Cusi

López-Fando³

et al. 2019

Neurourology and Urodynamics

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“…Further, the device analyzed the data entered by the patients in real time. According to a study comparing the efficacy between an paper diary read electronically and an e-diary made with a touch screen device similar to a smartphone, patients preferred the e-diary [42]. As people are accustomed to mobile devices, electronic VDs are expected to become more popular.…”

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Noninvasive Medical Tools for Evaluating Voiding Pattern in Real Life

2017

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Voiding dysfunction is a common disease that contributes to a lower quality of life and has an increased prevalence in the elderly population. Noninvasive and objective methods such as uroflowmetry (UFM) and voiding diaries (VDs) are essential for exact diagnosis and effective treatment of this condition because patients with different causes of voiding dysfunction can complain of the same lower urinary tract symptoms. Further, different treatment options can be determined based on the diagnosis made from these symptoms. In order to improve the quality of UFM and VDs and to provide a convenient testing environment, several advances have been made by previous investigators. In this study, we investigate the history and technological mechanisms of UFM and VDs. We also aim to review UFM from the viewpoint of clinical and at-home uses, including the recently proposed toilet-shaped UFM and electronic VDs.

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“…First eBDs were cumbersome devices with complex algorithms that made them difficult to use . However, recent pilot studies assessing new eBD devices show that eBD have advantages for both patients and clinicians . On the one hand, they help patients facilitating intuitive data entry which may improve compliance.…”

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