WeChat-Based Digital Therapy to Improve Fluid Intake in Kidney Stone Patients: Study Protocol

Launched by THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · May 21, 2025

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The study outcomes will be reported to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010 statements. Reporting measures of central tendency (mean, median) and dispersion (standard deviation, range) for continuous variables, as well as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables. Statistical tests such as a t-test and chi-square test will be employed for continuous and categorical variables within two groups. The principal analysis will compare the fluid intake volume between the intervention and control groups using the t-test. Seco...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • With a history of urinary calculi and having received urolithiasis surgery before
• • 24-hour fluid intake \< 2500 ml
• • Age ≥ 18 years old
• • Able to use WeChat daily
• • Able to read and write informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participants with obstructive uropathy, chronic urosepsis, renal failure, and renal tubular acidosis
• • Participants with congestive heart failure, psychiatric conditions, pregnancy, and primary hyperparathyroidism
• • Participants experienced complicated urolithiasis surgery.
• • History of recurrent UTI (urinary tract infection) (\>3/year)
• • Medication use increases stone risk.
• • Participants with physical disabilities