NCT07010081

Using Digital Health in a Postoperative Setting After Major Surgery: Survey Study

Using Digital Health in a Postoperative Setting After Major Surgery: a Prospective Single-center Quantitative Survey Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jessa Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to explore patients' use of digital services for self-management of their health following major surgery at Jessa Hospital. Besides this, the study evaluates patients' ability to process and critically assess health information during recovery, their understanding of health concepts and risk factors, and their perception of data security and control over personal health information. Additionally, the study aims to examine patients' motivation to use digital services, their access to and trust in reliable digital health resources, and how well these services meet their individual needs. Furthermore, the study assesses the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of using digital health tools in a post-operative setting, as well as evaluating the digital readiness of patients after surgery.

Detailed description

Digital health technologies are transforming healthcare, offering new ways to improve patient outcomes and enhance efficiency. Remote clinical monitoring (RCM), which uses digital technologies such as wearable devices and mobile apps to monitor patients outside of the traditional healthcare settings such as a hospital, holds significant potential for supporting post-operative care, especially in the context of faster hospital discharge after major surgery. Major surgery involves procedures on organ systems, such as cancer resections, organ transplants, and lung or abdominal surgeries. However, despite their promise, the successful implementation of these technologies into clinical practice requires a thorough understanding of the perspectives of the end user, being the patient. Patients' comfort, engagement, and perceptions about digital health solutions, such as self-management tools and remote monitoring pathways, are essential to ensuring these technologies are both effective and widely accepted.

Conditions

• Digital Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Surveys	Several questionnaires will be conducted once in-person to each patient after a follow-up consultation in the hospital after their major surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-26
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2027-05-01
• First posted: 2025-06-08
• Last updated: 2025-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium