Successes and challenges of implementing teleprehabilitation for onco-surgical candidates and patients' experience: a retrospective pilot-cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This study documents the implementation of a multimodal teleprehabilitation program (e.g., completion rate, exercise metrics, and program successes and challenges) for cancer patients undergoing surgery. It also documents the patients' experience of the program. This pilot-cohort study included adults scheduled for elective thoracic and abdominal cancer resection surgery, referred to the prehabilitation clinic to engage in physical activity, and received a teleprehabilitation program between August 1st, 2020, and February 28th, 2021. The technology platform provided to the patients included a tablet and a wearable device to facilitate communication and data collection. Data collected for this article were acquired through virtual physical activity monitoring in addition to patient charts.

SUBMITTER: Drummond K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature