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An Innovative Care-improvement Smartphone-based Perioperative Solution for Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery

NCT04172350 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2019-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to develop a mobile app-based periopeartive intervnetion for women undergoing breast cancer surgery and examine the effectiveness of the program on participants' health outcomes of self-efficacy, anxiety and depression, pain and fatigue, quality of life, and satisfaction with perioperative care. This study also aims to explore the perceptions of participants on strengths and weaknesses of using the app.

Conditions

  • Breast Cancer Female
  • Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

iCareBreast

The iCareBreast BuddyCare mobile app is an interactive surgery preparation and recovery app for patients. It is a patient-centric care coordination and patient engagement mobile app that supports patients' perioperative journey. The app provides day-to-day information throughout the perioperative journey to patients from 2 weeks before surgery to 2 weeks after the surgery. Meanwhile the healthcare professional can monitor patients' use of the app. That is, the iCareBreast App provides patients with all the information about the surgery-related procedure and treatment via an efficient, user-friendly and interactive timeline. Patients will receive pop-up reminders daily for them to use the app. The objective of this app is to allow each patient to focus on caring for herself as a patient.

OTHER

Routine care

Routine care provided by the hospital includes general information regarding pre-operation preparation and post-operative care (e.g. wound care, pain management and physiotherapy).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KK Women's and Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Buddy Healthcare Ltd OY

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • HE Hong-Gu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hong-Gu HE, PhD · National University of Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-19
Primary Completion
2020-10-31
Completion
2021-10-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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