Discussion
cancer, colorectal cancer
DISEASE, CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER
Owing to COVID-19 pandemic, home-based exercise is emerging as a promising tool for physical therapy. However, the biggest shortcoming of home-based program is still the poor management of compliance. Contrarily, previous studies on health management service applications had segmental interventions, such as only applying the health program during chemotherapy or dealing mainly with only psychological or nutrition-related issues [To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first randomized clinical trial performing digital therapeutics for personalized postoperative rehabilitation in patients with colorectal cancer. The study has several differentiated strong points. First, it starts immediately after the operation for one year. Second, a large number of colorectal cancer patients will be enrolled. Third, the program will be composed of a tailored digital health intervention, modified according to the treatment phase and patient condition. Another short-term positive consequence of our program includes reduction of financial and time burden on patients as well as on clinicians. In the long term, an integrated medical management of disease and psychological intervention would enable more comprehensive disease controlling systems.In conclusion, this study will clarify the effect of patient-centered mobile and wearable digital health interventions on immediate postoperative rehabilitation of the patients with colorectal cancer. The study will add foundations for the application of comprehensive digital healthcare programs in postoperative rehabilitation for cancer patients in remote areas.