Research Article
Digital Health Tools for Preoperative Stress Reduction in Integrated Care
Author(s):
Angelina Kouroubali*, Haridimos Kondylakis, Evangelos Karadimas, Georgios Kavlentakis, Akis Simos, Rosa María Baños, Rocío Herrero Camarano, George Papagiannakis, Paul Zikas, Yannis Petrakis, Alba Jiménez Díaz, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Kostas Marias and Dimitrios G. Katehakis
Background: Patients undergoing elective surgery often face symptoms of anxiety and stress. Healthcare systems have limited time and resources to provide individualized stress relief interventions. Research has shown that stress relief interventions and educational resources can improve health outcomes and speed recovery.
Objectives: Digital health tools can provide valuable assistance in stress relief and educational support to patients and family. This paper reports on the design of a novel digital health infrastructure for improving the health condition of patients, during the care path, using virtual reality (VR) and other information and communication technologies (ICT).
Methods: Digital tools developed and integrated into a platform of modules that can be used by patients before but also after an operation, enabl.. Read More»