Using Digital Health in a Postoperative Setting After Major Surgery: Semi-structured Interview Study

NCT ID: NCT07010055

Last Updated: 2025-06-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-02
• Study Completion Date: 2027-05-01

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate whether patients recognize a need for a remote monitoring care pathway during the post-operative period following major surgery at Jessa Hospital by means of a semi- structured interview. Besides this, the study explores patient perceptions and willingness to participate in digital monitoring care pathways, identifies potential barriers to adoption, and addressing concerns related to safety, data security, and privacy. Additionally, the study aims to assess patient needs regarding parameter collection, technology usage, and the overall functionality of digital monitoring systems, while evaluating the perceived usefulness of such a pathway in post-operative care.

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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Semi-structured interview

Conducting a semi-structured interview during a follow-up consultation after major surgery

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Semi-structured interview

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

A semi-structured interview will be conducted once in-person to each patient after a follow-up consultation in the hospital after their major surgery

Interventions

Semi-structured interview

A semi-structured interview will be conducted once in-person to each patient after a follow-up consultation in the hospital after their major surgery

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Surgical patients

• >18 years old, Undergone major surgery at Jessa Hospital Hasselt

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent or request to not participate in the study
• Cognitively incapable of understanding the study
• No understanding of the Dutch language

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Jessa Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Stessel Björn

Professor, Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Bjorn Stessel, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

bjorn.stessel@jessazh.be

+3211222107

Other Identifiers

2025/046

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id