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Impact of personal outfit on postoperative mobility, physical and mental recovery after abdominal surgery (Dress-Up trial)

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Patients scheduled for elective minimally invasive (laparoscopic or robot-assisted) gastric, pancreatic, liver and colorectal surgery
Registration Number
DRKS00033488
Lead Sponsor
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Patients scheduled for elective minimally invasive (laparoscopic or robot-assisted) gastric, pancreatic, liver and colorectal surgery
- Ability to mobilize (physically and psychologically)
- No contraindications to wear activity tracker devices

Exclusion Criteria

- Prolonged Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay > POD 1/ prolonged ventilation without extubation on the day of surgery
- Conversion to open surgery
- > 2 abdominal drains, urinary catheter > POD 1
- VAC therapy system
- Surgical site infection (SSI>/=A1)
- No personal clothing

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Average step count on the second and third postoperative days (using activity tracker)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Activity time (POD 1 - POD 5)<br>- 30-day mortality, and 30-day overall morbidity according to the Clavien-Dindo classification<br>- Day of first removal of operating room gown<br>- Day of removal of the last abdominal drain<br>- Day of removal of the urinary catheter<br>- Tolerance of oral intake<br>- Highest mobility level measured by the CHARMI®-Index (Liebl et al. PLOS One 2016)<br>- Additional patient-reported outcomes<br>- Additional psychological endpoints using an extended study-associated questionnaire<br>- Nursing case report <br>
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