Physical Activity Tracking in Paediatric Elective Tonsillectomy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03174496

Acronym

PATIPS

Enrollment

Registered

2017-06-02

Start date

2017-06-29

Completion date

2018-06-30

Last updated

2019-04-22

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Conditions

Tonsillectomy

Brief summary

This pilot study will investigate the feasibility of physical activity tracking in patients aged 4-16 years before and after elective tonsillectomy as an innovative tool in paediatric research. The participating patients will receive a wearable physical activity tracker (CE-certified) that will continuously measure the patients' physical activity before and after an elective tonsillectomy, in addition to their parents' documentation of their child's activity in a conventional diary.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

4 Years to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age 4 to 16 years old, in 2 subgroups (4-7 years, 8-16 years) * Inpatient surgery at University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland * Children undergoing an elective tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy. Children having additional ENT procedures, such as adenectomy, tympanostomy, etc. may be included as well.

Exclusion criteria

* Children with mental or physical impairment during daily-life activities. * Children undergoing additional surgical procedures other than Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) procedures impacting the recovery period.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility of physical activity tracking in children	up to 6 weeks	Difference in proportions of patients having complete activity measurement data, comparing the electronic tracker with the conventional diary.

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results