A randomized controlled trial to analyze the effects of an App-based patient education textbook (Ready4OP App) to increase health literacy before major oncologic surgery and its potential effects on surgical outcomes in Sweden, Slovenia, Spain, and Germany. The APERIO trial.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Surgical oncology in the abdomen
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031507
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Inclusion Criteria
1. Written informed consent
2. Willing to participate
3. Patients before major surgical oncologic procedures*
4. Patients having a smartphone with Android or iOS
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients younger than 18 years
2. Women that are anamnestically pregnant
3. Patients unable to understand the rationale of the study
4. Patients unable to interact with the application
5. Patients with a planned palliative oncologic surgery
6. Patients with an ECOG performance status of 3 or higher
7. Patients with mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate
8. Patients under guardianship or imprisoned
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the efficacy of a patient education platform to modify health literacy and patient autonomy in patients before major oncologic surgery.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - To investigate mortality rates at 90 days<br>- To evaluate compliance and adherence<br>- To analyze the effects on surgical outcomes