42 Chapter 2 Study Country Study design Control group Follow -up Surgical procedure Participants App category Main app functions Study outcomes Type N= Age Gustavell 2019 * c 2020 Sweden Sweden Cohort Cohort Yes historical No 6 months 6 months Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery Patients Patients 26; 33 26 67; 66 67 Monitoring - Self-reported assess-ment on symptoms - Risk assessment model for alerts - Graph of symptoms - Overall completion of assessments 83-95% - Significantly less reported hepatic symptoms and higher selfcare - Patient’s experiences Allenson 2021 US Pilot study No 30 days Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery Patients 19 65 Monitoring - Self-reported assessment of dietary intake - Nutrition goals - 79% patients completed at least 80% daily task - 89% patients with a good overall satisfaction - Average of 82,4% caloric goals intake Wu 2019 Taiwan Feasibility study No 28 days Upper Gastrointestinal surgery Patients 43 68 Monitoring - Education materials - Monitoring of symptoms, body weight, physical activity - Photograph function - Overall completion of assessments 96% Chlan 2021 US Mixed methods No 1 year Upper Gastrointestinal surgery Patients 50 63 Monitoring - Self-reported assessment on symptoms - Graph of symptoms - 98% patients reached 90% feasibility threshold - Patient’s experiences Heuser 2021 Canada Retrospective Cohort Yes 30 days Bariatric surgery Patients 396; 458 45; 48 Monitoring - Informative library - Daily recovery milestones - Daily questionnaires - Completion of daily assessments at least once a week 66% - 90% patients with a good overall satisfaction - 49% patients reported that the app helped to avoid phone calls - No improvement on postoperative outcomes
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