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Electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring in patients recovering from ambulatory minimally invasive gynecologic surgery: A prospective pilot study.

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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of an electronic symptom-tracking platform for patients recovering from ambulatory surgery. METHOD:We assessed user response to an electronic system designed to self-report symptoms. Endpoints included compliance, postoperative symptoms, patient satisfaction. An 8-item symptom inventory (pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, fever, swelling, discharge, redness) was developed and made available on postoperative days (POD) 2-6. Responses exceeding defined thresholds of severity triggered alerts to healthcare providers. Symptoms, alerts, actions taken, urgent care center (UCC) visits, hospital admissions were tracked until POD 30. Patient satisfaction was evaluated on POD 7. A patient was defined as "responder" if at least 5/8 items on at least 3 PODs were completed. The assessment method was deemed successful if 64/100 patients responded. RESULTS:97/102 patients were evaluable; 65 met "responder" criteria (67% responder rate; 95% CI 57-76%). 321 surveys were completed (median 4/patient), 248 (77%) in ≤2 min. Involving caregivers and allowing additional symptom-reporting improved the responder rate to 72% (95% CI 58-84%). Most commonly-reported moderate, severe, very severe symptoms were pain, nausea, swelling; 71% reported moderate to very severe pain on POD 2. Phone calls and adjustment of medications adequately addressed most symptoms. Two patients (2%) presented at UCC before, 6 (6%) after, POD 6; 1 (1%) was admitted. Most agreed or strongly agreed that electronic symptom-tracking was helpful, easy to use, and would recommend it to others. CONCLUSION:Electronic symptom-tracking is feasible for patients undergoing ambulatory gynecologic cancer surgery. Symptom burden is high in the early postoperative period. Addressing patient-reported symptoms in a timely, automated manner may prevent severe downstream adverse events, reduce UCC visits and admission rates, and improve outcomes.

journal_name

Gynecol Oncol

journal_title

Gynecologic oncology

authors

Zivanovic O,Chen LY,Vickers A,Straubhar A,Baser R,Veith M,Aiken N,Carter J,Curran K,Simon B,Mueller J,Jewell E,Chi DS,Sonoda Y,Abu-Rustum NR,Leitao MM Jr

doi

10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.07.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-01 00:00:00

pages

187-194

issue

eissn

0090-8258

issn

1095-6859

pii

S0090-8258(20)32379-9

journal_volume

159

pub_type

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Electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring in patients recovering from ambulatory minimally invasive gynecologic surgery: A prospective pilot study.