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. 2020 Aug 18;22(8):e18946. doi: 10.2196/18946

Table 1.

Components of the 3-month CIMmH program.

Category Presurgery Postsurgerya
Week 1-2 Week 1 (before discharge) Week 2-3 (nasogastric tube removed) Week 4-6 (nasogastric tube feeding tube removed) Week 7-12
General introduction Introduction of the CIMmHb program (video by a doctor) Introduction of the strategies to cope with common postoperative complications Introduction of the strategies to cope with common postoperative complications Introduction of the strategies to cope with common postoperative complications Introduction of the strategies to cope with common postoperative complications
Nutrition N/Ac Standard postoperative nutrition support in the hospital Rehabilitation guidance of the jejunostomy feeding enteral nutrition period (video by a doctor and nurse)
Home jejunostomy feeding enteral nutrition guidance (article)
Home enteral nutrition guidance for the use of the feeding tube (video)
Rehabilitation guidance of the transitional period between enteral nutrition and ONSd (video by a doctor and nurse)
Home nutrition guidance for the transitional period (article)
Nutrition prescription by a nutritionist (face-to-face)
Rehabilitation guidance of ONS and oral intake (video by a doctor and nurse)
Home oral nutrition guidance (article)
Nutrition prescription by a nutritionist (face-to-face)
Physical exercise Inspiratory muscle training Walk promotion Walk promotion Walk promotion
Baduanjin Qigong (video)
Walk promotion
Baduanjin Qigong (video)
Psychological courses N/A N/A N/A Adapted MBCRe courses (articles and audio) Adapted MBCR courses (articles and audio)
Data collection Data collection at baseline (ie, about 1 week before surgery) N/A N/A Data collection at 1 month after surgery Data collection at 3 months after surgery

aPostoperative day (POD) 1: commence 20 mL/h water via jejunostomy feeding; POD 2: commence 20 mL/h jejunostomy feed enteral nutrition suspension; POD 3 to the date of discharge: gradually increase jejunostomy feed to the rate that meets the individual daily energy plan.

bCIMmH: comprehensive intervention model using the mobile health system.

cN/A: not applicable.

dONS: oral nutrition supply.

eMBCR: mindfulness-based cancer recovery.