NDLI: An electronic patient-reported outcome symptom monitor: the Chinese experience with rapid development of a ready-to-go symptom monitor

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Author	Zhang, Jingyu Guo, Qing Chen, Jiaojiao Liu, Yajie Kang, Dan Xiang, Rumei Shi, Jiaheng Yang, Jinliang Tang, Xiaojun Nie, Yuxian Qiu, Jingfu Wang, Xu Yang, Zhu Liu, Jie Shi, Qiuling
Abstract	Background Monitoring symptoms is crucial for the early detection of disease progression and timely intervention, which is essential for reducing severe cases and mortality rates in rapidly spreading pandemics, such as COVID-19. Therefore, during infectious disease pandemics, the rapid development of real-time symptom monitoring platforms is essential. This study aimed to explore the urgent development process of an electronic system for patient-reported outcome monitoring in emergency situations. Methods The development of the electronic patient-reported outcome COVID-19 symptom monitoring platform (ePRO-CoV-SM) included the following steps: (1) modifying an electronic patient-reported outcome symptom-reporting platform to assess patients with COVID-19 and validating its feasibility and sensitivity for longitudinal symptom measurement; (2) updating the system to accommodate the newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 BA.2.2 variant; and (3) applying it in real-world settings. Literature review, expert consultation, and subject-group discussions were used to develop symptom items. Response rate and missing item rate were used as validation indicators for ePRO-CoV-SM. Results The ePRO-CoV-SM (2.0) consists of a core set of symptom items, a WeChat mini program, an online project design backend, a management and communication front, and a database. During the 2020 verification, the response rate of ePRO symptom monitoring reached 89.47% and the item missing rate was 0.33%, the monitoring revealed that a considerable number of asymptomatic patients were experiencing undesirable symptoms during the isolation period. In its real-world application in 2022, the response rate was 85.93% and the item missing rate was 4.84%, the monitoring found the symptom burden was higher in the younger group (18–40 years old) than in the older group (40–67 years old), and over 30% of patients reported symptoms such as cough (36.08%), dry mouth (35.67%), sleep disorders (32.27%), appetite loss (32.17%), and sputum (30.79%) during the isolation period. Conclusions Electronic patient-reported outcome measurement was demonstrated to be sensitive and feasible for monitoring symptoms in patients with COVID-19. By integrating smartphone-based data collection with real-time online data transmission and secure data storage using Secure Sockets Layer encryption, an electronic platform for monitoring critical symptoms can be rapidly established in emergency situations.
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ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/s12889-024-20518-5
Journal	BMC Public Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	24
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2024-10-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health COVID-19 Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Symptom Electronic platform Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Journal Impact Factor	3.5/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.9/2023

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