Digital Health Technologies for Remote Monitoring and Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital health technologies may be useful tools in the management of chronic diseases. We performed a systematic review of digital health interventions in the management of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and evaluated its impact on (i) disease activity monitoring, (ii) treatment adherence, (iii) quality of life (QoL) measures, and/or (iv) health care utilization.

Methods

Through a systematic review of multiple databases through August 31, 2020, we identified randomized controlled trials in patients with IBD comparing digital health technologies vs standard of care (SoC) for clinical management and monitoring and reporting impact on IBD disease activity, treatment adherence, QoL, and/or health care utilization or cost-effectiveness. We performed

SUBMITTER: Nguyen NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8987011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature