CompletedNot Applicable

Home To Stay: a Randomized Trial Evaluating a Post-discharge Mobile App for Elective Colorectal Surgery

Canada282 participantsStarted 2017-07-19

Plain-language summary

A single center randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of a post-discharge mobile health application on 30-day re-admission and patient reported outcomes following elective colorectal surgery

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing elective, inpatient colorectal surgery * Able to speak and read in English * Able to provide informed consent * Have access to a smartphone/tablet or desktop computer with internet access Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing semi-elective/emergent procedure * Patients undergoing elective day surgery * Expected post operative admission of less than 3 days * Discharge to another institution (rehabilitation facility/nursing home/long term care).

What they're measuring

30-day re-admission

Timeframe: 30 Days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04968145

SponsorDivision of General Surgery , Mt. Sinai Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-21

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