Comparative effectiveness of remote perioperative telemonitoring in cancer surgery: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: This randomized trial compared remote perioperative telemonitoring (RPM) care versus surgeon only care in patients with gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), or gynecological (GYN) cancers (N = 293). The RPM care arm wore a wristband accelerometer and reported symptoms via a mobile application (app) before surgery and at days 7, 14, 30, 60, 90 post-discharge. Triage nurses telephoned patients when data deviated from predetermined thresholds. Participants in the surgeon only care arm used the device and app but received a standard institutional message when threshold deviations occurred. A 6% greater functional recovery rate was observed for participants in the RPM care arm (p = 0.036). Change in symptom severity scores was statistically significant at day 90 and for symptom interferen

SUBMITTER: Sun V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12394556 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature