Electronic Reporting of Symptoms After Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patients Scheduled to Undergo Surgery on the Gynecology Service

Treatments: Behavioral: survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02700256

15-315

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to find out if patients are willing to self-report symptoms in the first 5 days following discharge, or when they leave the hospital after "ambulatory surgery" ("ambulatory surgery" is when the patient has surgery and then goes home within 24 hours).

Enrollment: 135 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients must be undergoing surgery for an indication tracked within the Gynecologic AXR program or have an expected postoperative discharge within 24 hours of surgery. These surgical procedures typically include: minimally invasive hysterectomy or radical hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomies [mentioned above], and minimally invasive staging procedures.
• The patient must have a phone number or an email address.
• The patient must be willing to self-report postoperative symptoms over an automated phone system or via an online platform.
• The patient must speak and read fluent English.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking patients
• Patients unwilling to provide contact information (email or phone number)

Trial design

135 participants in 1 patient group

Patients undergoing a procedure

Description:

Patients will be asked to complete a baseline survey after enrollment. After surgery, enrollees who opt for the email/online access will receive an email upon discharge with a link to the WebCore site. Email will be sent at 9 am on postoperative day (POD) 2 to the email address the patient provided at consent. On post-operative days 2 through 6 the patient will be asked to complete a symptom inventory, they will receive an email with a link to the WebCore website, where they will be able to complete that day's survey. Enrollees who opt for the automated phone calls will complete their surveys via Interactive Voice Response (IVR), which will be automatically set-up to call the patient at 9 am on POD 2. Patients will complete phone surveys daily for 5 days. If the first phone call does not connect to the patient, a second phone call will be made at 10:00am. If the second call is unsuccessful a third \& final call for that day will be placed at 11:00am.

Treatment:

Behavioral: survey