Resumen
Purpose: Giving birth is the most common reason for hospital admission, with Cesarean delivery being the most frequently performed inpatient surgery. Through a needs assessment and iterative design process involving patients and obstetric anesthesiologists, we previously developed a mobile application, C-Care, for patients undergoing Cesarean delivery. The focus of C-Care is perioperative education and self-monitoring of potential anesthetic complications. This study aimed to obtain feedback on patient engagement with C-Care. Method: We conducted a prospective cohort study of patients ≥ 18 yr (n = 36) undergoing elective Cesarean delivery. Anonymous usage data were recorded for 30 days. On postoperative days 1–5, participants received daily self-monitoring questionnaires within C-Care. Fourteen days after surgery, participants received an online survey regarding satisfaction and use of C-Care. Results: Thirty-five out of 36 participants visited the application after orientation, with a median [interquartile range (IQR)] age of 32 [31–36] yr. Each participant visited the application a median of 15 [9–31] times over 30 days and completed a median of 3 [2–4] out of five self-monitoring questionnaires. Each participant viewed a median of 4 [2–7] out of eight education topics, with the most viewed patient education topics being “Controlling Pain” and “The First Few Days”. Visits to the application were highest in the first week postpartum. Of the 18 respondents who completed the day 14 survey, 83% (n = 15) participants would recommend C-Care to other women, and the median participant satisfaction score was 7.5 out of 10 (range, 2–10). Conclusion: Most participants used this mobile application for patient education and self-monitoring after elective Cesarean delivery. Insights into patient engagement with C-Care after Cesarean delivery could help design more effective perioperative mobile telehealth programs. Trial registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03746678); registered 5 November 2018.
Título traducido de la contribución | Perioperative mobile application for mothers undergoing Cesarean delivery: a prospective cohort study on patient engagement |
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Idioma original | French |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 505-513 |
Número de páginas | 9 |
Publicación | Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia |
Volumen | 68 |
N.º | 4 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - abr. 2021 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:This work was funded by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine at Dalhousie University, Canada. There was no external funding.
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Janny Xue Chen Ke , Ronald B. George , and Lori Wozney contributed to the conception and design of the study.?Janny Xue, Chen Ke , Ronald B. George , Lori Wozney , and Allana Munro contributed to?acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, and drafting the article. We would like to thank our exceptional research staff, Lorraine Chiasson, Aryn Benoit, and Chantal Houser, as well as data analysts Dr. Sean MacKinnon and Ioan Tiberiu Mahu. We are also thankful for funding from the Dalhousie University Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine Internal Fund for Research. We thank Optio Publishing Inc. for working with us to build the mobile application. None. This work was funded by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine at Dalhousie University, Canada. There was no external funding. This submission was handled by Dr. Gregory L. Bryson, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.
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We would like to thank our exceptional research staff, Lorraine Chiasson, Aryn Benoit, and Chantal Houser, as well as data analysts Dr. Sean MacKinnon and Ioan Tiberiu Mahu. We are also thankful for funding from the Dalhousie University Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine Internal Fund for Research. We thank Optio Publishing Inc. for working with us to build the mobile application.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article