The feasibility of personalised digital prehabilitation (‘PreActiv’) prior to major elective surgery for adults aged ≥50 years: a single-arm study
- Alec Snow (Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
- Annabelle Emery (Research Lead, PreActiv, UK)
- Rebecca Allam (CEO & Co-founder, PreActiv, UK)
- David Quinn (Snow Squared Ltd., UK; Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
- Helen Sims (Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
- Ian-Ju Liang (School of Medicine, University of Dundee, UK)
- Bruno Spellanzon (Centre for Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, University of Bath, UK)
- Julia Groot (Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change, University of Bath, UK)
- Adam Aspbury (Snow Squared Ltd., UK)
- Harriet Bullough (Snow Squared Ltd., UK)
- Leigh Ingham (Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
- Justine Archman (Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
- Frankie Brown (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
- Oliver Perkin (Centre for Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, University of Bath, UK)
- Max Western (Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change, University of Bath, UK)
Abstract
Prehabilitation interventions prepare patients for surgery to improve postoperative outcomes and recovery. In-person prehabilitation is generally more engaging and effective than home-based. However, 70% of patients prefer to undertake prehabilitation at home, due to time constraints and challenges of frequently travelling to facilities. Digital prehabilitation offers a promising solution to these barriers, whilst also harnessing key facilitators of engagement such as individualisation, objective progression, and progress monitoring. The Centre for Perioperative Care guidance for widespread prehabilitation necessitates an accessible and cost-effective intervention. The present study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of an individualised digital prehabilitation intervention (‘PreActiv’).Keywords: personalised digital prehabilitation, surgery, Prehabilitation interventions
How to Cite:
Snow, A., Emery, A., Allam, R., Quinn, D., Sims, H., Liang, I., Spellanzon, B., Groot, J., Aspbury, A., Bullough, H., Ingham, L., Archman, J., Brown, F., Perkin, O. & Western, M., (2026) “The feasibility of personalised digital prehabilitation (‘PreActiv’) prior to major elective surgery for adults aged ≥50 years: a single-arm study”, Advances in Perioperative Care 1(S1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/apoc.ebpomlondon25.a4
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