Monitoring vital data by smartwatches in patients with head and neck cancer – a feasibility study

Recruiting

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Registration Number: DRKS00032658

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsmedizin Rostock

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

Sufficient knowledge of German
- Patients with tumor disease in the oral, maxillofacial and cervical region under antineoplastic or palliative therapy (radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy or immunotherapy) or in follow-up care
- Patient must be able to perform the tasks required in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

- Non-consenting patients
- Failure to meet an inclusion criterion

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to wear a smartwatch for one week (24/7) and extent of recording of target parameters.<br>- evaluation of the data on the smartphone<br>- following the specified wearing time

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
a) Frequency of use of the display function of the smartwatch to query the physical activity<br>Physical activity (e.g., step count).<br>-via log, recording every day of the week<br><br>b) Amount and intensity of physical activity and time spent inactive.<br>- evaluation of the data on the smartphone<br>- following the specified wearing time<br><br>c) subjective physical activity <br>- Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale <br>-once before the start of the three-wearing period<br><br>d) Quality of life incl. symptom burden<br>- Quality of life questionnaires of the EORTC: QLQ-C30 and QLQ - H&N43<br>- once after the wearing period