Smartphone app may cut complications after disc surgery
NCT ID NCT06770387
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a mobile app and telenursing follow-up could improve recovery after lumbar disc surgery. 107 patients were enrolled. The approach aimed to reduce falls, anxiety, and complications after discharge.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile application for postoperative care
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a better way to support recovery after back surgery, reducing complications and anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study without a treatment drug. Results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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107 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are 18 years of age or older, * Can speak and understand Turkish, * Have no hearing, understanding, vision or speech problems, * Have undergone LDH surgery for the first time, * Have undergone LDH surgery with the open method, * Have not been diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorder before surgery and are not taking medication for this purpose, * Have a smart mobile phone suitable for taking photos or for those close to them, * Have not developed serious complications that would delay their discharge from the hospital, * Volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who wish to withdraw from the study at any stage after voluntarily participating in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Deva Hospital
Gaziantep, 27027, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Gaziantep University Şahinbey Research and Application Hospital
Gaziantep, 27027, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Health Practice and Research Hospital
Kahramanmaraş, 46046, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Medical Point Hospital
Gaziantep, 27027, Turkey (Türkiye)
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