PROCYCLE: ELECTRONIC CALENDAR DATA COLLECTION DEVICE

本II期提案的目的是开发电子日历软件，以便将有关月经周期相关事件、症状和生育指标的偶发数据每日输入手持式个人计算机（H/PC）。该软件名为Procycle，将被设计用于临床和研究环境中的妇女健康。在第一阶段，开发和测试了一个有限的电子月经日历原型。在第二阶段，将为两个特定的市场应用开发和定制更详细的版本-（1）生育意识，（2）经前综合征的诊断。功能将包括（1）详细的每日症状列表和算法，以捕获临床生育指标;（2）图表和图形生成器，用于数据的可视化表示;（3）各种应用程序的定制程序;（4）详细的上下文敏感的帮助屏幕;（4）内置提醒输入和传输数据;以及（5）加密的无线数据传输。如第一阶段所示，电子日历证明在大幅减少数据管理工作和记录实际数据输入时间方面优于纸质日历上级。Procycle是妇女健康研究中数据收集纸质方法的一种可行替代方法，也是临床医生和个体妇女在许多应用中的一种优秀工具。拟定的商业应用：只要需要收集每日症状发生情况，就可以使用ProCycle。Procycle的潜在市场包括大学和政府机构。制药业和500多家管理式医疗保险公司。生育力研究是主要应用。美国生殖医学会列出了超过15，000名专门从事生育的从业人员。

The purpose of this Phase II proposal is to develop software for an electronic calendar to allow daily entry of episodic data concerning menstrual cycle related events, symptoms, and fertility indicators into a hand-held personal computer (H/PC). The software, called Procycle, will be designed for use in women's health, both in clinical and research settings. In Phase I, a limited electronic menstrual calendar prototype was developed and tested. During Phase II, a more detailed version will be developed and customized for two specific marketable applications - (1) fertility awareness, and (2) diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome. Features will include (1) detailed daily symptom lists and algorithms to capture clinical fertility indicators; (2) chart and graph generators for visual representation of the data; (3) customization procedure for various applications; (4) detailed, context-sensitive help screens; (4) built in reminders to enter and transmit data; and (5) encrypted, wireless data transmission. As demonstrated in Phase I, electronic calendars proved superior to paper calendars in dramatically reducing data management efforts and documentation of actual data entry times. Procycle is a viable alternative to the paper method of data collection in women's health studies and an excellent tool for clinicians and individual women for many applications. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: ProCycle can be used whenever collection of daily symptomatic occurrences are required. The possible markets for Procycle include universities, government agencies. the pharmaceutical industry, and the over 500 managed care insurers. Fertility studies are a primary application. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine lists over 15,000 practitioners specializing in fertility.