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Preventiometer, a Novel Wellness Assessment Device, Used With Healthy Volunteers: A Phase 2 Study*

BACKGROUND: We previously reported on a pilot study to assess the incorporation of a novel wellness assessment device, the Preventiometer (iPEx5 GmbH, Greifswald, Germany), into an academic medical practice. The present follow-up study expands on those data and evaluates the acceptability of the ass...

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Autores principales: Nanda, Sanjeev, Chon, Tony Y., Mahapatra, Saswati, Lindeen, Stephanie A., Fischer, Karen M., Krüger, Markus, Schierwater, Bernd, Schmidt, Carsten O., Wahner-Roedler, Dietlind L., Bauer, Brent A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21649561211045016
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: We previously reported on a pilot study to assess the incorporation of a novel wellness assessment device, the Preventiometer (iPEx5 GmbH, Greifswald, Germany), into an academic medical practice. The present follow-up study expands on those data and evaluates the acceptability of the assessment process in a larger sample population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate participant satisfaction with the Preventiometer wellness assessment. METHODS: A total of 60 healthy volunteers participated. Each participant underwent a comprehensive wellness assessment with the Preventiometer and received data from more than 30 diagnostic tests. A 32-question survey (with a numeric rating scale from 0 to 10) was used to rate the wellness assessment tests and participants’ impressions of the wellness assessment. RESULTS: Each assessment had a significantly higher rating than 7 (P < .001), and the majority of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they were satisfied (98.3%), and they strongly agreed that they were engaged the entire time (93.2%), and liked the instant test results feature of the Preventiometer device (93.2%). CONCLUSION: This study confirms findings from our previous pilot study regarding the feasibility of the Preventiometer as a wellness assessment tool. The study further demonstrated that 98% of participants were satisfied with the assessment and that all of them would recommend it to others.