biostudies-literaturePanda NNIDDK NIH HHS123-129https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6820047biostudies-literatureUnknown155(2)<h4>Importance</h4>Patient-generated health data captured from smartphone sensors have the potential to better quantify the physical outcomes of surgery. The ability of these data to discriminate between postoperative trends in physical activity remains unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess whether physical activity captured from smartphone accelerometer data can be used to describe postoperative recovery among patients undergoing cancer operations.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This prospective observational cohort study was conducted from July 2017 to April 2019 in a single academic tertiary care hospital in the United States. Preoperatively, adults (age ≥18 years) who spoke English and were undergoing elective operations for skin, soft tissue, head, neck, and abdominal cancers JAMA surgeryUsing Smartphones to Capture Novel Recovery Metrics After Cancer Surgery.PMC6820047T32 DK007754Delisle MLipsitz SPradarelli JCQadan MStephen AEHuang EJGawande AASpecht MLubitz CCSmith BLTanabe KKMullen JTGadd MACusack JCHaynes ABPanda NSolsky IOnnela JPfalseUsing Smartphones to Capture Novel Recovery Metrics After Cancer Surgery.<h4>Importance</h4>Patient-generated health data captured from smartphone sensors have the potential to better quantify the physical outcomes of surgery. The ability of these data to discriminate between postoperative trends in physical activity remains unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess whether physical activity captured from smartphone accelerometer data can be used to describe postoperative recovery among patients undergoing cancer operations.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This prospective observational cohort study was conducted from July 2017 to April 2019 in a single academic tertiary care hospital in the United States. Preoperatively, adults (age ≥18 years) who spoke English and were undergoing elective operations for skin, soft tissue, head, neck, and abdominal cancers 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Feb2026-06-14T04:26:07.99Z2020-10-31T09:59:48ZS-EPMC68200473165785410.1001/jamasurg.2019.4702