To explore the safety and compliance of a wearable telemedicine device that can receive basic vital signs in real time, and its active supervision mode with real-time adjustment of exercise prescription for preoperative prehabilitation exercises in patients at home; and to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative prehabilitation exercises in a telemedicine active supervision mode in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung tumour resection, taking into account the patient's cardiopulmonary exercise test, postoperative complications and quality of life scores.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
4 weeks of an supervised, pre-operative exercise prescription augmented by a wearable fitness device.
Tongji Hospital
Wuhan, Hubei, China
RECRUITINGExercise capacity
Exercise testing on a cycloergometer(VO2 max)
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks after prehabilitation exercise
Forced expiratory volume in 1 s(FEV1)
Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) of pulmonary function will be measured in liters
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks after prehabilitation exercise, 7 days after surgery, 30 days after surgery
Forced vital capacity (FVC)
Forced vital capacity (FVC) of pulmonary function will be measured in liters.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks after prehabilitation exercise, 7 days after surgery, 30 days after surgery
Acceptance of technology
number of hours the fitness tracker was worn in pre-operative period
Time frame: 4 weeks of prehabilitation exercise
Change in quality of life
as assessed by the EORTC QLQ C30 questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks after prehabilitation exercise, 7 days after surgery, 30 days after surgery
Change in grip-strength
Grip strength per dynamometer
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks after prehabilitation exercise, 7 days after surgery, 30 days after surgery
Length of stay in hospital
Number of days from surgery to discharge home
Time frame: Up to 30 postoperative days
Post-operative complications
Classified using the Clavien Dindo Classification
Time frame: From day of surgery to 30-days afterwards
Adherence to exercise
number of completed pre-operative exercise sessions divided by number of prescribed sessions, according to exercise log
Time frame: 4 weeks of prehabilitation exercise
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