Whatsapp Based Patient Education to Improve Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

Completed 110 enrolled Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelHealth-services research

Summary

This randomized control trial evaluated data with WhatsApp based patient education, improves bowel preparation quality compared with standard in person counseling among patients undergoing elective colonoscopy.

Timeline

Start: 2025-03-23
Primary completion: 2025-12-26
Completion: 2025-12-26

Publications

Results Lam TYT, Wu PI, Tang RSY, Tse YK, Lau JYW, Wu JCY, Sung JJY. Nurse-led reinforced education by mobile messenger improves the quality of bowel preparation of colonoscopy in a population-based colorectal cancer screening program: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2022 Sep;133:104301. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104301. Epub 2022 May 30.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Background	Senna	Traditional medicine (herbal / TCM)	—	—
Background	polyethylene glycol	Other / unclassified	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.