Study protocol for a randomized controlled multinational trial to analyze the effects of an app-based patient education textbook (Ready4OP App) to increase health literacy before major oncologic surgery and its potential effects on surgical outcomes in Slovenia, Spain, and Germany—the APERIO Trial

Svenja Sliwinski, Franziska J. Stickl, S. Fatima Faqar-Uz-Zaman, Charlotte Detemble, Dora Zmuc, Jan Zmuc, Gasper Pilko, Cristina Dopazo, Maria Martinez-Lopez, Armin Wiegering, Andreas A. Schnitzbauer

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DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-10052-7
Published: 2026-11-05
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13063-026-10052-7,
  title = {Study protocol for a randomized controlled multinational trial to analyze the effects of an app-based patient education textbook (Ready4OP App) to increase health literacy before major oncologic surgery and its potential effects on surgical outcomes in Slovenia, Spain, and Germany—the APERIO Trial},
  author = {Svenja Sliwinski and Franziska J. Stickl and S. Fatima Faqar-Uz-Zaman and Charlotte Detemble and Dora Zmuc and Jan Zmuc and Gasper Pilko and Cristina Dopazo and Maria Martinez-Lopez and Armin Wiegering and Andreas A. Schnitzbauer},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Trials},
  doi = {10.1186/s13063-026-10052-7},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-10052-7}
}

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AU  - Franziska J. Stickl
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Sliwinski, S., Stickl, F. J., Faqar-Uz-Zaman, S. F., Detemble, C., Zmuc, D., Zmuc, J., Pilko, G., Dopazo, C., Martinez-Lopez, M., Wiegering, A., & Schnitzbauer, A. A. (2026). Study protocol for a randomized controlled multinational trial to analyze the effects of an app-based patient education textbook (Ready4OP App) to increase health literacy before major oncologic surgery and its potential effects on surgical outcomes in Slovenia, Spain, and Germany—the APERIO Trial. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-10052-7

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