Actively Recruiting
Digital Follow-up Program After Discharge Home Following Thoracic Surgery
Led by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Updated on 2025-08-05
200
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
43 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Digital Follow-up Program After Discharge Home Following Thoracic Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who have signed an informed consent form and underwent a surgery performed at the Thoracic Surgery Department of the University Hospital Basel
- Age 2618 years at the time of informed consent
- First participation in the Study
- Patient operated under general anesthesia
- Patients who are in possession of a smart phone or personal computer and have an e-mail account and are able to answer a digital questionnaire. Or an immediate caretaker in the same household owns a smartphone or personal computer and is familiar with the use
- Patients who understand verbal and written German or French
- Patients discharged at home after surgery
- Hospital stay > 3 nights after surgery
You will not qualify if you...
- 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
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland, 4031
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
Z
Zeljko Djakovic, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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