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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2020 Jan;65(1):96-103.
doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5433-5. Epub 2019 Jan 2.

Effect of TELEmedicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Patient Activation and Self-Efficacy

Zaid Bilgrami  1 , Ameer Abutaleb  1 , Kenechukwu Chudy-Onwugaje  1 , Patricia Langenberg  1 , Miguel Regueiro  2 , David A Schwartz  3 , J Kathleen Tracy  1 , Leyla Ghazi  4 , Seema A Patil  1 , Sandra M Quezada  1 , Katharine M Russman  1 , Charlene C Quinn  1 , Guruprasad Jambaulikar  5 , Dawn B Beaulieu  3 , Sara Horst  3 , Raymond K Cross Jr  6
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of TELEmedicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Patient Activation and Self-Efficacy

Zaid Bilgrami et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Jan.

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Abstract

Introduction: Limitations in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care necessitate greater patient activation and self-efficacy, measures associated with positive health outcomes.

Methods: We assessed change in patient activation and general self-efficacy from baseline to 12 months through our TELEmedicine for IBD trial, a multicenter, randomized controlled trial consisting of a web-based monitoring system that interacts with participants via text messaging. A total of 222 adults with IBD who had experienced an IBD flare within 2 years prior to the trial were randomized into either a control arm that received standard care (SC) or an intervention arm that completed self-testing through the TELE-IBD system every other week (EOW) or weekly (W).

Results: Changes in self-efficacy scores were not significantly different between control and experimental groups. Patient activation scores were significantly different between standard care and the TELE-IBD EOW group only (p = 0.03).

Conclusions: Use of remote monitoring did not improve self-efficacy or patient activation compared to routine care.

Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease; Patient activation; Self-efficacy; Telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Number of participants in the TELE-IBD Trial by arm and study visit
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