Development and evaluation of an E‐health system to care for patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis
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Objectives: Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a chronic disease that highly degrades the quality of life for patients. In the present study, I nternet intervention was used to care for bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis patients to alleviate their pain and bothering symptoms. Methods: Healthcare education was carried out through the I nternet by asking the patients, who were randomly divided into study (40 patients) and control (40 patients) groups, to check possible sensitive foods, habits, and behaviors weekly to remind and consolidate important rules for promoting quality of life. The symptom flares consultation through short message service with the Internet used to elevate healthcare efficiency was undertaken. Questionnaires, including Short Form 36 health survey, O'L eary–S ant symptom and problem indices, as well as visual analog scales pain and urgency scales, were used to evaluate quality of life and disease severity improvements before and after information and communication technology intervention. The outcome was evaluated at week 8. Results: The quality of life of both the control and study groups was significantly improved. The quality of life and visual analog scales for the patients in the study group with information and communication technology intervention showed a much greater improvement compared with the patients in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The E‐health system was shown to be effective in improving quality of life of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis patients through intervention of I nternet healthcare education and short message service for the consolidation of healthy behavior and lifestyle in the 8‐week follow up.
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- Authors
- Lee, M., Wu, H., Lin, J., Tan, T., Chan, P., & Chen, Y.
- Affiliations
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (TW)
- Dayeh University (TW)
- National Taipei University of Technology (TW)
- Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (TW)
- China Medical University (TW)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Yung‐Fu
- Venue
- International Journal of Urology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-04
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- 62-68
- ISSN
- 0919-8172 (ISSN-L)
- 1442-2042
- OpenAlex
- W2119902674
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Urology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Council (NSC 100, NSC100-2410-H-166-007-MY3)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis, e-health systems, short message service, symptom flares, quality of life, healthy lifestyle promotion
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Pain Measurement, Patient Education as Topic, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health Behavior, Treatment Outcome, Pelvic Pain, Cystitis, Interstitial, Remote Consultation, Internet, Pain Management, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
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