Fitbit step counts during inpatient recovery from cancer surgery as a predictor of readmission
Author(s) -
Carissa A. Low,
Dana H. Bovbjerg,
Steven S. Ahrendt,
Haroon A. Choudry,
Matthew P. Holtzman,
Heather Jones,
James F. Pingpank,
Lekshmi Ramalingam,
Herbert J. Zeh,
Amer H. Zureikat,
David L. Bartlett
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1532-4796
pISSN - 0883-6612
DOI - 10.1093/abm/kax022
Subject(s) - medicine , health psychology , cancer surgery , emergency medicine , cancer , public health , nursing
Postoperative ambulation is encouraged to promote timely recovery but is rarely monitored objectively or examined as a predictor of clinical outcomes, despite growing availability of wearable devices that allow passive quantification and remote real-time monitoring of the number of steps taken during recovery.
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