Cardiothoracic & vascular anaesthesia
Implementation of a patient-reported outcome measure based digital journey and automation tool: A feasibility study in a surgical setting
Authors' conclusion
We showed the feasibility of implementing a digital tool to monitor patient PROMs, along with its adoption by patients and health professionals.
Study context
- Population
- Patients scheduled for cardiothoracic surgery, tertiary Portuguese hospital, 1 March to 6 September 2024, within patient blood management (PBM) implementation12 professionals involved
- Participants
- 221 patients
- Outcome
- Percentage of planned interactions successfully completed
Methodological detailssingle-centre, pragmatic
- Single-centre
- Pragmatic
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Global completion proportion of planned interactions
Interactions completed
638
Global completion proportion
72.1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
SF-36 and Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) at 90 days vs initial evaluation
- Completed by % of patients
- 77%
- SF-36 physical: t = −0.424
- P = 0.681
- SF-36 mental: Z = 33.0
- P = 1.000
- BPI Pain Severity and Interference: Z = 23.0
- P = 0.646
Depression (PHQ-9)
- Completed by % of patients
- 76%
- Severe depression cases
- 5
- Moderately severe depression cases
- 9
Educational content reading completion
- Reading completion proportion
- 73.9%
- Views
- 303
Implementation time of two-phase digital patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) journey
- Implemented in less than 2 months
Original publication
Implementation of a patient-reported outcome measure based digital journey and automation tool: A feasibility study in a surgical setting. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care. Published 22 June 2026. doi:10.
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