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

Receiving standard dietary and regular recommendations such as education profile and counseling to achieve a fluid intake ≥ 2500 ml, providing verbal health education counseling regarding urological calculi prevention during the hospitalization, and adequate fluid intake in person on the day of discharge. Prepare a fixed-capacity water bottle. Phone calls will be given at each follow-up phase to collect primary and secondary data via the questionnaires.

Receive the same standard dietary counseling and education handout but also the WeChat applet intervention. A WeChat-based applet will be developed for fluid intake adherence improvement and self-monitoring to prevent urinary calculi, including fluid intake reminders, fluid value recording, urine value and coluor recording, and health education, an interactive platform for communication among post-operative patients with urinary stones. The applet will tailor the daily notification to participants of fluid intake to increase their fluid consumption to more than 2,500 ml. Extra education information regarding the benefits of adherence will be provided to the experimental group only via the applet. Phone calls will be given at each follow-up phase to collect primary and secondary data via the questionnaires.