A feasibility study for smartphone application to evaluate dietary realities after gastrointestinal surgery
2022 年 30 巻 1 号 p. 33-37
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2022 年 30 巻 1 号 p. 33-37
Background: We developed a new smartphone application to record images of daily meals and physical symptoms for postoperative gastrointestinal patients.
Methods: Patients took pictures of their daily meals and uploaded them on the researcher’s server. They also entered the appetite, physical condition, and digestive symptoms. Two dietitians quantitatively assessed the images of diets and performed nutritional guidance for patients The primary endpoint was the percentage of evaluable meals during the study period (10 days).
Results: Ten patients participated in the study as planned. The median age was 64 (32–72) years old, and there were six males and four females. Six patients underwent distal gastrectomy, three underwent total gastrectomy and one underwent esophagectomy. The mean postoperative time was 4.6 months. The percentage of evaluable dietary images was 94.6%.
Conclusion: We confirmed the feasibility of the delivering nutritional guidance using a smartphone application for patients who have undergone gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
