Systems, methods, and software for providing a patient-reported outcome measure of dysphagia patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

Non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a digital processing device to create a daily patient reporting tool comprising:

• a. a software module configured to provide a daily patient questionnaire, said questionnaire comprising:
• i. a question for determining whether the patient avoided solid food;
• ii. a question for determining whether the patient had difficulty swallowing solid food;
• iii. contingent on an affirmative answer to said question for determining whether the patient had difficulty swallowing solid food, a question for determining what action the patient took to correct or relieve difficulty swallowing food;
• iv. a question for determining the amount of pain the patient experienced while swallowing food;
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• b. a software module configured to apply an algorithm to answers to one or more of said questions to determine a score, wherein said score illustrates one or more selected from the group consisting of:
• (1) severity, intensity, or frequency of patient dysphagia;
• (2) suitability of a patient for a particular diagnostic tool, diagnostic method, or therapy for dysphagia;
• and (3) efficacy of a particular therapy for dysphagia.