Effectiveness of an internet-based perioperative care programme to enhance postoperative recovery in gynaecological patients: cluster controlled trial with randomised stepped-wedge implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of an internet-based perioperative care programme for patients following gynaecological surgery for benign disease.

Design

Stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Secondary care, nine hospitals in the Netherlands, 2011-2014.

Participants

433 employed women aged 18-65 years scheduled for hysterectomy and/or laparoscopic adnexal surgery.

Interventions

An internet-based care programme was sequentially rolled out using a multifaceted implementation strategy. Depending on the implementation phase of their hospital, patients were allocated to usual care (n=206) or the care programme (n=227). The care programme included an e-health intervention equipping patients with tailored persona

SUBMITTER: Bouwsma EVA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829654 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature