Feasibility of a Smart Device Application for Home-based Prehabilitation

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cancer; Prehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05363150

Prehab_app

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the feasibility of a home-based exercise training program using a smartphone application in patients planning for cancer surgery, and to determine the effectiveness of this application on functional capacity.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients (19-70) who are scheduled for elective cancer surgery
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I or II
• Patients who can use a smartphone application
• Patients who can perform an exercise program for at least 3 weeks from the first visit to the preoperative clinic to elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are unable to communicate
• Patients under the age of 19 and over 70
• Patients who have a major medical or psychiatric disorder that is expected to affect exercise
• Patients with contraindications to the general rehabilitation program