An app for patient education and self-audit within an enhanced recovery program for bowel surgery: a pilot study assessing validity and usability

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2263-2273

  Pecorelli, Nicolò ^a   Fiore, Julio F ^a   Kaneva, Pepa ^a   Somasundram, Abarna ^a   Charlebois, Patrick ^a   Liberman, A Sender ^a   Stein, Barry L ^a   Carli, Franco ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Enhanced recovery; Health education; Mobile applications; Outcome and process assessment (health care)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85032908611     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-017-5920-3     Document Type: Article

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