Patient-Centred Perioperative Mobile Application

IWK Health Centre

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Cesarean Delivery

Treatments

Other: C-Care Mobile Application

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03746678

IWK1023201

Details and patient eligibility

About

With increasingly more complex surgical patients and the trend toward decreased hospital stay after operations, continuity of care and prompt management of symptoms and side effects perioperatively are ever more crucial. The investigators' goal is to improve perioperative care with a patient-centred mobile application, starting with a pilot in patients undergoing elective Cesarean delivery. The investigators have completed a research study where they created a prototype based on feedback from patients and anesthesiologists. In this study, the investigators would like to learn about how patients use our mobile application after delivery and how the mobile application can be integrated into daily practice.

Full description

The objective of this cohort study is to build the mobile application and evaluate its feasibility in providing patient education and reminders for self-monitoring for cesarean delivery patients. The investigators will measure the extent of patient engagement with our application through in-app usage data, as well as receive quantitative and qualitative feedback regarding feasibility. By understanding user behavior and needs through questionnaires and application usage data, the investigators could design more effective and tailored interventions for patients. Results of this study will help further development and implementation of an interdisciplinary mobile monitoring and communication platform for perioperative care.

This study is funded by the Dalhousie University Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine.

Enrollment

36 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Part 1 (screened by asking nurse)

Patient scheduled for elective Cesarean delivery
Age equal or greater than 18
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status I-III (i.e. not in life-threatening situation)

Part 2 (screened in person)

Possesses an iOS Smartphone with active data plan and access to WiFi, and self-reported use of it on a regular basis (at this stage in development, the mobile application prototype is only available on iOS)
Self-reported proficiency with Smartphone and mobile applications
Reported fluency in English

Exclusion criteria

Self-reported physical or psychiatric condition that may impair the ability to use the mobile application, answer questionnaires and surveys, and/or provide insights representative of the general population, such as blindness, under current influence of recreational drugs or alcohol.