Improving enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS): ERAS APPtimize study protocol, a randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of a patient-centred mobile application on patient participation in colorectal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perioperative care in colorectal surgery is systematically defined in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol. The ERAS protocol improves perioperative care in a multimodal way to enhance early and safe release from the hospital. Adequate compliance to the elements of the ERAS protocol is multifactorial. There are still opportunities to improve compliance of the protocol by actively involving the patient. The main objective of this study is to investigate whether compliance of selected items in the ERAS protocol can be improved through actively involving patients in the ERAS care pathway through the use of a patient-centred mobile application.

Methods

A multicentre randomized controlled trial will be conducted. Patients undergoing elective colorectal s

SUBMITTER: Rauwerdink A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719362 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature