Digital Follow-up Program After Discharge Home Following Thoracic Surgery
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
About this trial
The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a digital follow-up program can improve postoperative pain management and quality of life in patients during the first 28 days after discharge home following thoracic surgery, compared to standard follow-up care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients who have signed an informed consent form and underwent a surgery performed at the Thoracic Surgery Department of the University Hospital Basel
Age ≥ 18 years at the time of informed consent
First participation in the Study
Patient operated under general anesthesia
Disqualifiers
Patients under preoperative opioid/cortisone therapy
Patients who are unable to follow the procedure of the study, e. g. read or understand German or French, psychological disorders, dementia, etc.
Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent person
Patients with polytrauma or who underwent mediastinoscopy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- digital outpatient follow-up
- standard follow-up
Treatment groups
200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov