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CARINAE for Stress Relief in Perioperative Care

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Knee Replacement
Psychological Stress
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Hip Replacement
Scoliosis
Prostate Cancer
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery
Orthognathic Surgery
Cardiac Valve Replacement
Bladder Cancer
Interventions
Device: SaMD CARINAE
Registration Number
NCT05184725
Lead Sponsor
Adhera Health, Inc.
Brief Summary

Preventing pre-surgical stress can help patients achieve positive outcomes on health and well-being. However, very few patients receive adequate stress relief support prior to a surgical procedure. Provision of education and information about the surgery can be a crucial component of the preoperative experience and is inversely related to levels of preoperative anxiety. However, resource constraints make face-to-face education sessions untenable, given cost considerations and time investment by trained health personnel. Interventions based on mobile health (mHealth) technologies, geared towards increasing familiarity with surgical procedures and hospital environments have been shown to help patients feel informed about possible benefits and risks of available treatment options. mHealth apps and Virtual Reality (VR) can offer patients experience in the perioperative environment that can be helpful in empowering patients and enhancing a more positive experience, while reducing stress. However, available applications focus only on providing informative content, neglecting the importance of patient empowerment with a more robust educational curriculum.

According to this, the Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) CARINAE, aims to support patients and caregivers during the whole perioperative process. SaMD CARINAE consists of an mHealth mobile application for patients and caregivers, a Virtual Reality headset for patients, and a web application for healthcare professionals.

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomly assigned to intervention group or the control group. Intervention group will be exposed to the use of SaMD CARINAE for 2 months approximately. The intervention trial will include a total of 4 visits: 1. Recruitment; 2. Hospital admission; 3. Hospital discharge; 4. Post-operative follow-up in 14 days.

SaMD CARINAE delivers the following interventions to the patients:

* Personalised patient-centred health education program to improve patient's condition and recovery self-management skills.

* Artificial Intelligence-based behaviour change program to promote healthier lifestyle habits.

* Personalised mental well-being coaching program to improve patient's ability to cope with emotional disturbances such as stress and anxiety.

* A collaborative digital support platform to enable information exchange between patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.

The program is delivered to patients and caregivers as a SaMD mHealth application (smartphone app) and an immersive environment with a VR device. Healthcare professionals will be able to access the collaborative digital support platform through a web application.

Finally, the control group will not be exposed to SaMD CARINAE solution, following the traditional routine visits, and after each traditional visit patients will answer to questionnaires specified in the secondary outcome measures section.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients planned for one of the selected surgery types:
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery (Maastricht UMC+)
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery (Maastricht UMC+)
  • Cardiac valve replacement (SAS, Maastricht UMC+)
  • Prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer surgery (INRCA)
  • Hip and knee replacement (HSJD; Parc Tauli)
  • Maxillofacial surgery (HSJD)
  • Orthognathic surgery (HSJD)
  • Scoliosis (HSJD)
  • Signed informed consent (by patient or legal guardian in paediatric cases).
  • Patients ≥ 18 years old, except for paediatric Hospital San Joan de Deu (HSJD) ≥ 8 years old.
  • Patient owns a smartphone with Android version 4.4 or above.
  • Patient (or legal guardian/caregiver in paediatric cases) is able to demonstrate basic digital literacy (e.g. knows how to communicate through instant messaging apps or similar).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Dementia.
  • Pregnant women.
  • Inability to understand the local language.
  • Allergic to dedicated wearable material (stainless steel and silicone).
  • Currently enrolled in a different clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SaMD CARINAESaMD CARINAEIntervention group will be exposed to the use of SaMD CARINAE for 2 months approximately, a patientcentred digital health support program. The intervention trial will include a total of 4 visits: 1. Baseline (2-4 weeks before surgery); 2. Hospital admission (1-3 days before surgery); 3. Hospital discharge (1 week after the surgery approx.); 4. Post-operative day 14 (2 weeks after the surgery approx). After each visit and intervention trial with SaMD CARINAE the experimental group answer the same questionnaires of the control group, above mentioned Participants allocated to the intervention group will also be asked to complete questionnaires about usability, satisfaction and subjective experience.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
General Self-Efficacy Scale2 months: from baseline to 14 days after the surgery

Patient- and caregiver-reported questionnaire on self-efficacy perception. It consists of 10 items evaluated on a 1-4 Likert scale. Scores range from 10 to 40 amd higher scores indicate higher self-efficacy.

Visual Analog Scale for Stress2 months: from baseline to 14 days after the surgery

Patient and caregiver-reported visual analog scale question to assess subjective stress.

Along a 100 mm horizontal line, patient and caregiver indicate their perceived stress intensity. Rating varies from 0 (minimum values) to 100 (maximum value). Ratings of 0 to 4 mm can be considered no stress; 5 to 44 mm, mild stress; 45 to 74 mm, moderate stress; and 75 to 100 mm, severe stress.

Visual Analog Scale for Pain2 months: from baseline to 14 days after the surgery

Patient-reported visual analog scale question to assess subjective pain. Along a 100 mm horizontal line, patient and caregiver indicate their perceived pain intensity. Rating varies from 0 (minimum values) to 100 (maximum value). Ratings of 0 to 4 mm can be considered no pain; 5 to 44 mm, mild pain; 45 to 74 mm, moderate pain; and 75 to 100 mm, severe pain.

The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale2 months: from baseline to 14 days after the surgery

Patient- and caregiver-reported questionnaire on mental well-being. It consists of 7 items and each item is answered using a 1-5 Likert scale. Scores range from 7 to 35 and higher scores indicate higher positive mental wellbeing.

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule45 days: From hospital admission to 14 days after the surgery

Patient-reported questionnaire on emotional status. It consists of 20 items that describe n emotions of a positive or negative nature, 10 of them positive and 10 negative. Each item is answered using an Likert-tscale with 5 response options (not at all, very little, somewhat, quite a lot, very much).

Scores can range from 10 - 50, with higher scores representing higher levels of positive or negative affect.

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale45 days: From hospital admission to 14 days after the surgery

Patient-reported questionnaire on anxiety and depression levels during the hospital stay. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale is a fourteen-item scale with seven items each for anxiety and depression subscales evaluated on a 0-3 Likert Scale. Rating varies from 0 to 21 and a subscale score \>8 denotes anxiety or depression.

Patient Activation Measure45 days: From baseline to hospital discharge

Patient-reported questionnaire on the level of activation. It consists of 13 items that have four possible response options ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (4) strongly agree, and an additional "not applicable" option. To calculate the total score, the raw score is divided by the number of items answered (excepting non-applicable items) and multiplied by 13. Then, this score is transformed to a scale with a theoretical range 0-100, based on calibration tables, with higher scores indicating higher patient activation. The raw scores can be converted into four activation levels: 1 (≤47.0) not believing activation important, 2 (47.1-55.1) a lack of knowledge and confidence to take action, 3 (55.2-67.0) beginning to take action and 4 (≥67.1) taking action.

Health-related Quality of Life - EQ-5D-3L/-Y45 days: From hospital admission to 14 days after the surgery

Patient-reported questionnaire on quality of life. The questionnaire consists of five items related each to one dimension: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels: no problems (1), some problems (2), and extreme problems (3). The maximum score of 1 indicates the best health state, by contrast with the scores of individual questions, where higher scores indicate more severe or frequent problems. In addition, there is a visual analogue scale (VAS) to indicate the general health status with 100 indicating the best health status.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ReliabilityDay 60

Ad-Hoc questionnaire for the healthcare professional on the digital solution

System Usability Scale30 days: from hospital admission to 14 days after surgery

Questionnaire on SaMD CARINAE usability by patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals

Usability questionnaire30 days: from hospital admission to 14 days after surgery

Ad-hoc questionnaire for patients and healthcare professional on the digital solution usability

Net Promoter Score30 days: from hospital admission to 14 days after surgery

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a questionnaire that measures patient and healthcare professionals experience and provides the core measurement for customer experience management programs.

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Maastricht University Medical Center

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Maastricht, Netherlands

Istituto di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

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Ancona, Italy

Hospital San Joan de Deu

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Esplugues De Llobregat, Catalunya, Spain

Hospital Reina Sofía

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Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain

Hospital Parc Taulí

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Sabadell, Catalunya, Spain

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