Effect of Smartphone App Postoperative Home Monitoring After Oncologic Surgery on Quality of Recovery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There has been an increase in health care-focused smartphone apps, including those for encouraging healthy behaviors and managing chronic conditions, but app-assisted postsurgical care has yet to be fully explored.

Objective

To compare quality of recovery and patient satisfaction between conventional in-person follow-up and smartphone app-assisted follow-up for patients following Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society (ERAS) protocols.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial, conducted from June 2019 to April 2021, included women older than 18 years undergoing oncologic breast reconstruction or major gynecologic oncology surgery following ERAS protocols with the care of 2 surgeons at an academic tertiary care center.

Interventio

SUBMITTER: Temple-Oberle C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099099 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature