Postoperative continuous telemonitoring at the surgical ward

Not Applicable

Conditions: Patients admitted to the surgical ward after surgery
Not Applicable

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients admitted to the surgical ward
2. Planned for surgery
3. 18 years or older
4. Expected postoperative stay of 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

1. Mentally incapable of participation
2. Unable to wear wearable devices

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility for each sensor during the study period (stay at the surgical ward for a maximum of 7 days) assessed by the following measures:<br>1. Participation rate: number of patients willing to participate/complete the study protocol<br>2. Acceptability in terms of satisfaction about the logistics and wearing the sensor, measured by experiences of patients collected using a questionnaire before discharge and at the end of the study<br>3. Practicality by aspects of (tele)monitoring that involve the actual experience:<br>3.1. Compliance with the amount of days/hours that the sensor is worn<br>3.2. Time spent by nurses concerning telemonitoring versus vital parameter measurements in current practice, measured through daily evaluation form and by recording the time needed for intermittent measurements of vital signs manually<br>3.3. Experiences and recommendations of nurses, assessed with evaluation forms and interviews<br>3.4. Data quality: missing data, artefacts and reasons for data losses

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Applicability (for each sensor) during the study period (stay at the surgical ward for a maximum of 7 days):<br>1. Continuous data stream of vital functions: heart rate, saturation, respiration rate, body temperature, daily step count, type of activity and fall detection<br>2. Measurements of vital signs in usual care from the electronic medical record<br>3. Comparison of the characteristics and quality from both wearable sensors will take place for the following outcomes: participation rate, acceptability, practicality, data quality and continuous data stream of vital functions<br>4. The following clinical and surgical data will be obtained via electronic medical records: age, gender, primary diagnosis, comorbidities, surgery date, procedure type, length of hospital stay, reported early warning scores, incidence and moments of postoperative complication (including falling), treatment, and incidence, moment and duration of unplanned readmission within 30 days after surgery.